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A Pasolinian Greenway: An Opportunity for Casarsa Della Delizia (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy)

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Abstract

As part of a research that, for the first time, intends to highlight the existing, but at the same time not evident, connection between the literary work of Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Friulian territory where he spent his youth, the authors have identified a series of essential places that are the basis of a particular "space" in which landscape, architecture and environmental design coexist, laying the foundations for a path that, starting from Pasolinian memory, can become the backbone of a green corridor that, by recovering historical elements, can allow their redevelopment and their integration with the present.

The small town of Casarsa della Delizia is the place around which Pier Paolo Pasolini's literary production revolves between 1942 and 1950. The village has retained its rural imprint, described and idealized by the poet, becoming over time one of the major wine production centres in Italy, located within DOC (Denominazione Origine Controllata - Controlled Designation of Origin) wine areas such as the 'Grave del Friuli' and 'Prosecco.' What has been missing over the years is the development of significant thematic tourism that recognizes the possibilities linked to the integration between the productive agricultural territory, designed by vast vineyards cultivated in the plain, the geographical characteristics of this plain divided between rough and stony areas and lush and water-rich areas, typical of a karst area and the places lived and described by Pier Paolo Pasolini that dot these places (Pasolini, 1953 and 1993). Added to this is the possibility of reusing the bed of an old railway to create a cycle path that, connected to the other cycle paths of Friuli Venezia Giulia, would allow the activation of sustainable tourism that combines respect and study of nature and modern rurality with the places described by Pasolini (De Rocco, 1995), which identified and protected within a green corridor can not only be visited, but preserved for future generations within an agricultural fabric that is constantly evolving and changing. The research proposes creating a system of green paths that combines literature and the landscapes and architectural elements described therein with wine production, natural resources, and the reuse of disused infrastructures that have not been exploited so far to enhance the tourist-cultural offer.

Keywords: Pasolini, Casarsa, Greenway, Memory, Cultural Heritage

How to Cite:

Balzarotti, R. & Fabris, L., (2025) “A Pasolinian Greenway: An Opportunity for Casarsa Della Delizia (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy)”, Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning 8(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.2445