Landscape as a post-earthquake driver of resilience: the intangible multiple values of territory

Although after an earthquake territory appears less damaged than the built environment, the focus on reconstructing buildings fails to address the essential role of the broader landscape. Following the 2016 and 2017 earthquakes in Central Italy, taking the small Umbrian town of Norcia as a case study, this chapter looks at institutional and personal perceptions of the material and immaterial, and at the close links between urban and rural heritage. Interviews with local people and associations reveal the vast intangible repertoire of heritage, comprising local food production practices, local knowledge, traditions, religious practices and a way of life connected to the surrounding territory.