Le trasformazioni del paesaggio murgiano. I caratteri del tessuto rurale attraverso il tempo, tra conservazione e nuove forme di valorizzazione nel rapporto città-contado

The paper aims to investigate the changes in the rural landscape and the relationship between historic centers and the landscape in Murgia, with a particular focus on the polycentric system of the three historical centers of Acquaviva delle Fonti, Altamura and Gravina that represent the core of the homogenous territory of the “Alta Murgia” National Park. This area, in the recent past suffered heavy transformation induced by the change of the economic and production patterns, enduring changes in the type of processing for the typical crops with important territorial transformations. With the abandonment of the old farms and the stone clearance of fields. However, the specificity of this landscape continues to be a value that may be the flywheel for a revival of a local culture and a local economy to the historic centers of this area. Moreover these sites founded their own cultural identity and their wellness also on traditional products and on historical tourist attractions of this territory.