A Land Factory for Preserving, Developing and Innovating: The Arco Terraces

The landscape bears witness to a historic culture that developed innovative technologies to meet the dual needs of food production and environmental sustainability, using available resources in simple and ingenious ways. Today, the agricultural landscape is of great value, both for its cultural significance and for its strong visual impact on the surrounding area. The construction of the landscape has created a system that needs to be preserved, managed and improved in order to maintain its aesthetic qualities, agricultural vitality, ecological balance, cultural and historical significance and local identity. The terraced agricultural landscape of Arco will be studied. An area that overlooks the northern part of Lake Garda and that for over a century has been the catalyst for efforts to enhance and preserve its environment. The aim is to exploit the potential of the present, trying to reactivate landscapes through visions capable of combining agriculture and tourism in a conscious relationship with nature and quality, to generate new well-being for people