IV SEASONAL UNIVERSITY CULLERA PRIMAVERA

Conference on 'Los Castillos valencianos y su potencial turístico: estado de la cuestión, modelos y propuestas’. (Valencian castles and their tourist potential: current status, model and proposals).

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Castles mark the landscape of the Península Ibérica. They are part of our most valuable heritage and an increasing source of interest among citizens.

However, it is true that many of them are in a terrible conservation status. There are different and complex causes of this situation and it is convenient to analyse them so as to contain this global issue that affects the whole national territory.

The Comunidad Valenciana is not an exception. Valencian lands are among the most mountainous of the Península Ibérica, what entails the presence of several fortifications built for controlling the entrances, paths, territories and populations and their harvests.

In this way, Valencian lands have a wide variety of castles and fortifications types, source and consequence of the different historical stages and past events. A heritage that, without doubt, has to be protected, preserved and disseminated.

This Seasonal University of Cullera, in its third edition, aims to go deeper in this problematic, in the future of these fortifications, planning intervention models and proposing actions that ensure, not only the survival of this fortified heritage, but also its enjoyment by citizens and tourists, covering both questions: the conservation with its use and the sustainable and rational enjoyment.

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9:30 h. Opening.

10.00 – 10.45 h. Opening Conference: “Castillos y sistemas de defensa en red en tierras valencianas.” (Castles and defence systems in Valencian territories).

Luis Arciniega García. Full university professor of Art History in the Universitat de València.

10.45 – 11.30 h. Conference: "Patrimonio Cultural y Turismo: El Potencial Turístico de los Castillos Medievales”. (Cultural Heritage and Tourism: Tourist Potential of Medieval Castles).

Adrián Ferrandis Martínez. Lecturer of the Department of Geography. Co-director of the Chair Ciutat de Cullera. Universitat de València

11:30-12:00 h. Break.

12.00 - 12.45 h. Conference: "El papel de l'AEAC en la defensa de las Fortificaciones Valencianas”. (The role of AEAC in the defence of Valencian Fortifications).

Miguel Jover Cerdà. President of the Valencian delegation of the Asociación de Amigos de los Castillos de España.

12.45 - 13.30 h. Roundtable: ¿El turismo puede salvar los castillos valencianos? (Can tourism save Valencian castles?).

• Miguel Jover Cerdà. President of the Valencian delegation of the Asociación de Amigos de los Castillos de España.
• Adrián Ferrandis Martínez. Lecturer of the Department of Geography. Co-director of the Chair Ciutat de Cullera. Universitat de València
• Kike Gandia. Director of Museums. Cullera local government.

13:30 h. End.