Abstract
THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF RELIGIOUS CULTURAL HERITAGE. CRITERIA AND EVALUATION TOOLSAbstractAbout the 20% of the cultural heritage inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list isreligious heritage and it represents the most critical cultural heritage with respect toprotection, aimed at enhancing authenticity, integrity and spiritual value. The localizationof this heritage, often attractive for its centrality in the territorial context, orients towardstouristic and real estate valorisation, but are these new uses consistent with the “intrinsicvalue” that has characterized them throughout their centuries of history? Which new usevalues do not conflict with their identity? And with the identity of local communities? Thisarticle aims to analyse the relationship between “intrinsic value” of religious culturalheritage and new functional uses, identifying a set of criteria for ex-post evaluation ofcultural heritage reuse projects in the perspective of the circular economy as “regenerative”of economic, social, environmental and cultural values.Keywords: cultural and religious heritage, circular economy, evaluation, adaptive reuse
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