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Cultural Routes

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Cultural routes are pathways that facilitate the exchange of cultural, historical, and social practices among communities, often recognized for their significance in promoting cultural heritage, tourism, and intercultural dialogue. They encompass various forms of travel, including pilgrimage, trade, and migration, reflecting the interconnectedness of cultures over time.
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Cultural routes are pathways that facilitate the exchange of cultural, historical, and social practices among communities, often recognized for their significance in promoting cultural heritage, tourism, and intercultural dialogue. They encompass various forms of travel, including pilgrimage, trade, and migration, reflecting the interconnectedness of cultures over time.

Key research themes

1. How can sustainable mobility planning enhance the development and success of cultural routes?

This research theme investigates the integration of sustainable urban mobility strategies with cultural route planning to boost accessibility, visitation, and cultural identity. It explores how urban regeneration, transport planning, and mobility innovations contribute to the vitality and attractiveness of cultural clusters and corridors.

Key finding: This paper identifies that sustainable mobility plans (SUMPs) in Athens currently lack explicit integration with cultural regeneration policies, limiting their potential to enhance cultural routes. It critically analyzes the... Read more
Key finding: Employing a multi-method participatory GIS and AI clustering approach, this study designs an eco-cultural tourism route connecting 84 natural and cultural heritage sites in two Turkish UNESCO-listed cities. It demonstrates... Read more
Key finding: The study presents a digital mapping and virtual itinerary tool—'The Golden Leaves Paths'—developed through GPS surveys and web-based navigation apps to interlink rural municipalities impacted by depopulation. It reveals that... Read more

2. What methodological frameworks and tools enable effective identification, evaluation, and management of cultural routes in urban and rural contexts?

This theme addresses advances in spatial analysis, multi-criteria evaluations, cultural mapping, and participatory methods that assist in selecting, assessing, and improving cultural routes. It focuses on how digital tools, GIS, space syntax, crowdsourcing, and community engagement provide data-driven and inclusive frameworks for planning and enhancing cultural heritage itineraries.

Key finding: The paper introduces PAST, a multi-method evaluation tool combining space syntax, GIS, qualitative analysis, and multi-criteria assessment to identify and appraise cultural routes' usefulness in historical cities. Applied to... Read more
Key finding: Through bibliometric analysis of 236 publications on cultural routes, this study identifies key research clusters, dominant themes, and evolving disciplinary collaborations. It highlights the growth trajectory of cultural... Read more

3. How do cultural routes function as socio-cultural constructs shaping tourist experience, community engagement, and heritage interpretation?

This theme explores cultural routes beyond physical itineraries as dynamic, narrative, and performative spaces that influence the construction and consumption of tourist space, intangible heritage preservation, community identity, and cultural tourism innovation. It examines the roles of storytelling, pilgrimage, participatory heritage, and creative co-production in transforming routes into meaningful cultural experiences.

Key finding: This article theorizes trails as active agents that construct ‘themed’ tourist spaces by arranging physical landscapes into linear, narrative sequences. It argues that trails facilitate the museumisation of spaces—organizing... Read more
Key finding: Through ethnographic fieldwork and participant observation on medieval pilgrimages and mountain sanctuaries in Castellón, Spain, the study reveals how hiking routes are intertwined with intangible heritage, religiosity, and... Read more
Key finding: This paper analyzes the role of intangible cultural heritage and storytelling in rural and remote areas for fostering cultural and creative tourism through cultural routes. Using case examples such as the Limes Cultural Route... Read more
Key finding: This empirical study highlights the underexplored potential of cemeteries as cultural heritage sites through the lens of local audience perceptions. By surveying visitors of the Anastasis Cemetery, the research identifies... Read more

All papers in Cultural Routes

A report of the latest activities of the ATLAS Cultural Tourism Group, including conference tracks and special issues.
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Cultural and creative tourism development in cross-border regions is of growing interest within the EU as a method through which to regenerate or develop remote and rural areas. With this in mind, this report outlines the findings from... more
Inca, constituye una de las expresiones más relevantes de la organización política, económica y simbólica del Tahuantinsuyu. Más que una infraestructura de transporte, funcionó como eje articulador de territorios, poblaciones y... more
This e-book (edited by Stefano Agnoletto) is the first volume in the Series curated by the Scientific Committee of the International Cultural Association Via Querinissima. You can find: • The first contemporary English translations of... more
This article attempts to assess the various ambiguities in the application of the principles of the European Landscape Convention (ELC) in Italy and is divided into two main sections. In the first, a theoretical framework is constructed,... more
O trabalho objetiva analisar a ação da Caminhada Internacional na Natureza na Região Central do estado do Rio Grande do Sul entre 2023 e 2024. O método utilizado envolve a pesquisa-ação durante a organização dos eventos nos municípios do... more
The following paper presents a project of Cultural Routes designed for the Chilean Tierra del Fuego, linked to promoting tourism and boosting the economy, through the development of a specific high standard tourism offer, linked to its... more
The main focus of this paper has been to determine the functional regions in the heterogeneous area of Slovenia defined by integrated urban system at the (inter)national level. The notion of polycentric urban development is taken from the... more
Con questo terzo e conclusivo volume della sua inchiesta sul lessico rurale, il prof. Giuseppe Vitolo completa e corona la sua poderosa impresa, avviata già nel 2018 con il primo volume sul lessico rurale della Costiera Amalfitana e... more
Heritage conservation in Alexandria demands integrative, data-driven approaches that reconcile preservation efforts with satisfactory visitor access. This study investigates how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can document, evaluate,... more
relación entre jóvenes pobladores asesinados durante la dictadura militar y los habitantes del sector. Se argumenta que el vínculo entre vivos y muertos es un vínculo caminado y de caminantes, que ha adquirido su forma a partir del... more
Este trabalho visa catalogar as Sociedades Operárias surgidas em Curitiba no período de 1880-1930, estudar seus usos e estados atuais de conservação, bem como analisar a influência que tiveram, cada uma em seu contexto, no processo de... more
The historic Silk Roads is an exceptional system of interchange among a broad range of cultural traditions over an outstanding landscape. Initiated in 1988, UNESCO-guided research on the Silk Roads has evolved in the past decade into... more
Il turismo sostenibile si configura come un fattore determinante per il riequilibrio territoriale e lo sviluppo inclusivo delle aree interne nel quadro degli Obiettivi di Sviluppo Sostenibile (SDG) dell’Agenda 2030. Attraverso una... more
Explaining what the Camino de Santiago is becomes a very difficult endeavor you have to live it you have to feel it every step is a world of sensations that the pilgrim jealously guards after a long journey contact with nature art culture... more
Actualmente las propuestas turísticas relacionadas con la cultura son diversas, posiblemente porque la demanda, dado que tiene un nivel de formación más alto, busca propuestas experienciales, es decir, la idea del "disfrutar aprendiendo".... more
In 2005-2009, the European Union proposed the Municipal Administration Modernization (MAM) project to Syria for devolution, institutional reform, and effective local governance. One of MAM's 17 action plans was the visitor routes project... more
In 1777 the University, and its Typography, were moved from Nagyszombat to Buda, where the printing press carried on a prodigious activity, by publishing books in 16 languages. Between the years 1780-1830 more than 200 Romanian books were... more
Today, cultural heritage is no longer limited to urban and archaeological sites; it has expanded to encompass beliefs, traditions, rituals, modes of production, and local daily life practices. This broadening of the concept necessitates a... more
This work is intended to be of support and utility for the Ministry of Tourism in Mexico, so that they can build a future SWOT evaluation of tourist destinations. As well, for those who are interested in areas related to the topics... more
Tourism is an old pursuit that enables individuals to explore cultural heritage and natural wonders and to broaden their perspectives while keeping and sharing regional, and cultural values [1]. Globalization has made travel planning more... more
The Sorrento Peninsula is characterized by a significant occurrence of examples of vernacular architecture, which exhibit distinctive morphological and constructive features. These have been the subject of numerous studies. However, some... more
Ce projet de fin d’études en architecture explore l’identité architecturale des villages blancs (villages du nord du Maroc), à travers l’étude de leur patrimoine local et social. Réalisé à une échelle locale, le projet met en lumière les... more
This paper considers the potential of cultural routes in building cultural and creative tourism and strengthening rural communities.
**Políticas de turismo rural e a promoção de um idioma ambiental: etnografia de caminhadas na natureza no Vale do Ivaí, Paraná**
This study includes the introduction of a single-eyed, regularly cut stone bridge with an inscription that we discovered in Harbiye, Defne District of Hatay, eight kilometer south of the historical Antakya city center, known as Daphne in... more
Las cuentas, o wallqas en quechua, aymara y kunza, son los adornos corporales totalmente manufacturados más antiguos, universales y persistentes. Aparecen tempranamente en todos los continentes. En los Andes del Sur se encuentran desde el... more
In "Patrimonio culturale: l'intangibile nel tangibile", a cura di Serena Facci e Federica Mucci, NeoClassica, Roma, 2025.
Öz Turistlerin farklı kültürleri, yeme-içme alışkanlıkları üzerinden öğrenmeye çalıştıkları gastronomi turizmi her ne kadar son yılların önemli bir eğilim olarak görülse de kökeni binlerce yıl öncesine dayanan bir olaydır. Varlığını... more
RIASSUNTO: L’articolo esamina le sfide nella gestione del patrimonio storico-culturale rispetto alla definizione di reti viarie storiche in itinerari culturali, concentrandosi sulla Via Francigena quale Itinerario del Consiglio d’Europa.... more
From the first "Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Routes" Cultural Route in 1987 to the 10th Annual Advisory Forum on "Resilient and Sustainable Cultural Routes" in 2021, the Council of Europe's Cultural Routes have highlighted a dynamic... more
« L’instrumentalisation de l’antijudaïsme chez Quevedo », communication dans le cadre de la Journée d’étude sur les communautés juives en Méditerranée (Espagne, Italie, Afrique du Nord) / Table ronde sur la mémoire et l’écriture de la... more
The mountains Gourougou" (Gurugú). To value a cultural landscape Resumen Este artículo tiene como objetivo presentar un sitio natural y cultural prácticamente desconocido y adoptar directrices para su posible inscripción en la Lista del... more
Bartın için hazırlanan bu proje fikirlerinin birkaçı Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı'nın maddi ve teknik imkanları çerçecevesinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bir kısmı diğer kurum ve kuruluşlardan sağlanan destek ve sponsorluklar sayesinde... more
Bartın İli ve İlçeleri Yüzey Araştırması’nın 2021 yılı çalışmaları, T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Kültür Varlıkları ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğünün 29/07/2021 tarih ve 1574979 sayılı izni ile Bartın Üniversitesi Arkeoloji Bölümü öğretim... more
This open access book presents a series of speculative, experimental modes of inquiry in the present times of environmental damage that have come to be known as the age of the Anthropocene. Throughout the book authors develop more nuanced... more
Notes on the 5th EUSS and the proceedings Laura Verdelli What is heritage? The dilemmas of an urban planner Izabela Mironowicz Culture de l'eau et projet de paysage: annotations pour une réflexion (Water Culture and Landscape Project:... more
Spis treści 1. Rozwój turystyki kulinarnej 2. Definicja i specyfika szlaków kulinarnych 3. Szlaki kulinarne w Polsce 4. Podstawowe zasady i metodyka inwentaryzacji szlaków kulinarnych 5. Katalog szlaków kulinarnych 5.1. Szlaki istniejące
The main purpose of the research was to investigate the utilization of cultural routes in cities and regions of Greece and abroad, as a means for their sustainable development. The methodology used was a literature review through the... more
Bu calisma, Iznik Golu ve cevresinin kamp ve karavan turizmi acisindan mevcut durumunu ve potansiyelini incelemeyi amaclamaktadir. Calismada birincil ve ikincil verilerden faydalanilmis ve GZTF (SWOT) analizi ile Iznik golu ve cevresinin... more
The current BGP-4 protocol specification states that the selection process chooses the best path for a given route which is added to the Loc-Rib and advertised to all peers. Previous versions [RFC1771] of the specification defined a... more
Since griculture has become the biggest industry 2 in the economic system of Ubon Ratchathani province. At the same time most farmers have often faced many problems and limitations in their life in the several difficult aspects.... more
Περίληψη Βασικός σκοπός της έρευνας ήταν η διερεύνηση της αξιοποίησης των πολιτιστικών διαδρομών, σε πόλεις και σε περιφέρειες της Ελλάδος και του εξωτερικού, ως μέσο για την βιώσιμη και αειφόρο ανάπτυξη τους. Η μεθοδολογία που... more
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