Le pratiche agricole tradizionali patrimonio culturale: il caso della candidatura de la coltivazione della vite ad alberello di Pantelleria”

The 2003 Convention is a valuable instrument for the protection of intangible cultural heritage equal footing with monuments. The contribution is focused on the traditional practice of cultivating head-trained bush vines (vite ad alberello) thaht is transmitted through generations of vine growers and farmers of the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria. The 2014 iscription in the ICH rappresentative list a way to preserve a traditional agricultural practice that performs an important economic function for the community of that island as well as for the maintenance of the typical landscape of that territory.