ABSTRACT

The conservation of monuments and historical sites in relation to the development of the enclosing areas has always been one of the most demanding problems to face. It is a prob-lem that involves apparently different and distant elements, in inextricable patterns made up of factors belonging to different spheres: cultural, humanistic, social, technical, economic, administrative. In the paper, the authors deal with the problem of the relationship between cultural heritage and urban evolution in the case of modern transport systems in two particular contexts: Campi Flegrei (Bacoli and Pozzuoli, Napoli) and Cilento, in particular the area that falls within the Archaeological Park of Velia (Ascea, Salerno). In both cases, these are areas affected by complex works such as the construction of the Cumana railway line and of the Napoli-Reggio Calabria railway line.