Verification of the cultural interest of real estate

The Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (Legislative Decree 22 January 2004, no. 42, art. 12) provides that the Superintendent, ex officio or at the request of the subjects to which the objects belong and accompanied by the relevant cognitive data, shall verify the existence of artistic, historical, archaeological or ethno-anthropological interest in immovable and movable objects belonging to the State, the regions, other public territorial bodies, as well as any other public body and institute and private non-profit legal persons (in particular ecclesiastical bodies/parishes), which are works of art by authors no longer living and whose execution dates back more than 70 years.
Also included among the assets subject to verification are villas, parks and gardens; public squares, streets, roads and other urban open spaces, mining sites, rural architecture, as well as other types, as listed in Article 10 of Legislative Decree 42/2004.
Pending verification, the assets are inalienable and require prior authorisation for any intervention. Should the ascertainment of cultural interest be negative, it is excluded from the application of the Code.

Pending verification, the assets are inalienable and require prior authorisation for any intervention. Should the assessment of cultural interest be negative, the property is excluded from the application of the Code.

Owners, holders or possessors of the assets, state and regions, public territorial authorities, public bodies and institutes, private non-profit legal persons including civilly recognised ecclesiastical bodies, including parishes.

To submit a request for verification, it is necessary to fill in the form prepared by the administration and send it to the UMST Soprintendenza per i beni e le attività culturali at the following e-mail address: umst.soprintendenza@pec.provincia.tn.it complete with the required attachments.

The application may also be hand-delivered to the headquarters of the UMST Soprintendenza per i beni e le attività culturali, to the various public information and assistance desks decentralised throughout the territory, or forwarded by fax or by postal service.

For anything not directly provided for, reference is made to the provisions of Provincial Council Resolution no. 2051 of 14 December 2020 (Directives concerning telematic communications between the provincial administration and its public and private interlocutors).

The following must be attached to the application

• duly completed verification form;
• information notice pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of EU Regulation no. 679 of 2016;
• photocopy of an identity document of the applicant (if the application is signed with a handwritten signature and not in the presence of the employee in charge).

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