PATRIMONIO MILITARE E PROGETTI DI RIGENERAZIONE URBANA. L’INFRASTRUTTURA BELLICA DELL’ATLANTIC WALL E DI SAINT-NAZAIRE

In 2010 the submarine base in Saint-Nazaire was declared ‘Heritage of the XX century’ by theFrench Ministère de la Culture et de la Communnication. Thereafter it became the symbol of anew approach related to heritage that recognises the tangible and intangible heritage in all itsforms, not only restricted to the artifact acknowledged as a ‘monument’. Remembrance, thematerial assets or the little known places have thus contributed to defining a new urbandimension projected toward the future. The case of Saint-Nazare, relating clearly to the relationship between waterfront and military heritage, encourages us to meditate on the role ofurban design in the transformation of the contemporary city.