Knowing and Preserving the Architectural Features of the Unesco Site of Maiori (Sa) in the Age of Tourist Conflicts and Fragmentation

The city of Maiori has many historical buildings in close relation to the climate, the landscape and the economy. It is in the vaulted houses, in the courtyards, in the materials and techniques, in terraced ecosystems, that a rich and delicate heritage of knowledge, skills and ingenuity is realized which has earned the Coast its inclusion among the UNESCO “Cultural Landscapes”. Today, the delicacy of its widespread heritage is threatened by repeated violence against the landscape, by the proliferation of accommodation facilities and, in general, by off-scale construction. The aim of this research consists in the documentation of the constructive and formal characteristics typical of Maiori’s architecture, useful to provide a support to consciously intervene in the coastal development and thus avoid the danger that other identifying elements from the high value material and immaterial for the history of these places and territories are lost.