The monumental Self. The malaise in relationship between Italian society and its Cultural Heritage.

So far, in public debate, the explanation about Cultural Heritage neglect rests almost exclusively on economic reasons: a country in structural deficit has to protect one of the largest Heritage in the planet with an every year lower budget. The five-year downward trend in State transfers to Cultural Heritage sector to the current 0.10% of GDP, shown by this graphic, however, alone does not explain why this asset is considered more suitable than others to absorb the savings needs. Maybe we would try to find elsewhere the reasons for this positioning at the bottom of the priority list, perhaps in the creeping malaise that disturbs the relationship between Italian society and its collective historical memory.