A showcase for cultural tourism in Acqui. The project, carried out in 2021 (pandemic times) with an operating grant from the City of Acqui, has produced two archives, one for the city and the other, very incomplete, for the Apennine area, filing so far about 90 points of interest.
Atlas For Visit Acquese is Landscapefor‘s project dedicated to the territory surrounding the Piedmontese city of Acqui Terme. This research allowed LandscapeFor to express one of its main missions, that of communicating suburban territories that are less explored but still rich in cultural, touristic and landscape heritage.
The work performed from November 2020 to November 2021 for the Atlasfor Visits Acqui and Acquese project produced two local archives, within which local points of interest were geo-localized and deepened, for a total number of 89 POIs.
The first archive focuses on the Urban City of Acqui Terme. The municipality itself provided material, text and images, divided into 32 files related to points of interest in the city. A total of 31 POIs were created. For some POIs, aspects and insights were taken care of that had not been covered by the City’s fact sheets. In particular, they cover major points of interest such as New and Old Baths, the Boiling Point, the Castle and Archaeological Museum, the Ottolenghi Shelter, the Wedekind Villa, the Cathedral and the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows. Images have been added, especially historical maps, paintings and details from texts and sites.
The other archive ranges over the surrounding area, namely the Acquese, makes 59 POIs available. The staff of the municipality of Acqui Terme made themselves available for a fruitful exchange of information, which together with our staff’s research made it possible to create these media-rich cards, our digital content ranging from photographs, to videos, to archival sources. The relationship with the Acqui area thus passes through direct contact with the municipality of Acqui Terme, allowing the mapping project to move out of the urban center and focus on neighboring areas, typically less frequented and known, dealing with 35 municipalities in the Acqui area.
The meetings and gatherings enabled our editorial staff to organize an archive of material useful for mapping on AtlasFor. The municipalities were chosen by the editorial staff and the municipality of Acqui after a research on the territorial reality, which led to a substantial collection of material from institutions on the following municipalities: Alice bel colle, Bosio, Campomorone, Castellazzo Bormida, Ceranesi, Cremolino, Grognardo, Incisa Scapaccino, Lerma, Maranzana, Molare, Mombaruzzo, Monastero Bormida, Morsasco, Orsara Bormida, Ovada, Prasco, Quaranti, Ricaldone, Tiglieto, Trisobbio.
Raytrayen Lauria Beakovic, Edi Guerzoni, and Isabella Rizzitano were responsible for the editing of the Aquitaine area sheets. Other municipalities were mapped by our research team, given the presence of several points of interest, although no particular direct sources were found. Efforts were also made, however, to carry out as best as possible the sheets for the municipalities of Bistagno, Bubbio, Bosco, Marengo, Casaleggio Boiro, Gavi, Masio, Roccaverano, Rocca-Grimalda, San Cristoforo, Tagliolo Monferrato, Visone, and Voltaggio.
