Program:

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The purpose of the afternoon is to understand and contextualize this moment in the history of the Church in relation to the surplus places of worship, through quantitative evaluation of the phenomenon, analysis frameworks and models of understanding, perspectives and methods of reuse in comparison with other contexts at the national level.

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Speakers:

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Simone Marchesani and Pietro Delcorno, A historical look: introductory notes.
Luigi Bartolomei, The churches of the diocese of Bologna: distribution and territory.
Davide Dimodugno, The legal status of underused churches between dismissal, decommissioning and reuse.
Stefano Della Torre, Conservation and management of places of worship in a sustainability perspective.
Alessandro Campera, Some operational and pastoral reflections starting from concrete cases.

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There will be time for questions and discussion.