Paris and Rome are twin cities, they are both two of the world’s richest capitals in historical monuments, districts and sites.
This special issue of the review Paris Projet publishes a collection of articles - all in French and Italian - highlighting aspects of a political approach that favours the preservation and enhancement of the heritage in each of the cities.
The Mayor of Rome, Ugo Vetere, and the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, have agreed to grant their patronage to this edition and to explain their views on the subject.
Table of contents:
Protection and enhancement of an urban and architectural legacy
- Questions posed to Jacques Chirac, Mayor of Paris
- Questions posed to Ugo Vetere, Mayor of Rome
ROME
- A policy of intervention
- Project for Rome Capital
- Political project and urban project
- Rome, the Church and the State
- Rome: the future of the past
- New cultural centres? Where? Why?
- Italian laws to protect cultural assets and regenerate the existing cultural heritage
- Development strategy
- The ancient city and its future
- Enhancing the historic centre
PARIS
- The policy of protecting the urban and architectural heritage
- The paln to save and regenerate the Marais
- The plan to save and enhance the 7th arrondissement
- The restoration of the Hôtel des Invalides
- Paris – 19th century, the Haussmannian City
- The reconstruction of the Pont des Arts
- The Muséee d’Orsay
- The restoration of the Eiffel Tower
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