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Abstract: This paper analyses the various cultural and technical inputs provided by the Politecnico di Torino and by the broader scientific community of Piedmont to defining a method of historical investigation into cultural heritage on an urban and regional scale. This method aimed at connecting the interpretation of cultural heritage with urban and landscape planning. Since the 1970s, the idea of a ‘project of knowledge’ – a notion explored and implemented by Vera Comoli in her researches – has promoted a fertile debate between urban historians, conservation officers, planners and administrators, constituting a truly interdisciplinary field rooted in civil society and local policies. The social practice of ‘heritage building’, therefore, is realised by an action of cultural and academic identification, and by daily conservation activities connected with territorial and landscape management at different levels.

Keywords: Urban Heritage; Urban Landscape; Cultural Heritage