WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE LOST … The accident It was 3 minutes past 8 in the morning of Tuesday 4 May when we received a call from Olivier Bao, Chief of the Ponferrada Fire Brigade, informing us of an already extinguished fire that had broken out in the early hours of the morning in a
On 15-16 October PROCULTHER was launched for the first time at European level, the Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC) was in fact invited to the First meeting of the Commission’s Expert Group on Cultural Heritage. The forum was established with the objective of sharing experiences and lessons learnt by European stakeholders involved in the development
With PROCULTHER Italy reiterates its interest in the development of preparatory measures for the protection of cultural assets in emergency. How important is this project for the Department? Recent emergencies in Europe and worldwide have shown how fragile cultural heritage is in the event of a disaster. Recently the European Union has given particular impetus
