Assessment of Values of Natural, Cultural Landscape and Cultural Heritage

The evaluation of the Mastorochoria heritage is based on natural configuration and human activity, which become significant methodological tools ‘to bridge the gap between parts and wholes, traces and entities, the values of a monument to the reality of the monument itself’ (Ganiatsas 2011b). This process aims to assess the Mastorochoria heritage for the collective memory of the society as well as for the economic and territorial development by evaluating its intangible and tangible traits, by defining its universality, integrating all levels (local, national, global), and by considering the varied and different apprehensions and experiences connected to the place (Dümke & Gnedovsky 2013; COE 2008:27-28; COE 2002; CEO 2000:3). The art manager M. Torre has performed an analysis of various systems related to value typology. Among them, the Burra Charter typology of cultural values is considered the most suitable for application. The proposed aesthetic, historical, scientific, social, economic set of values and the additional ecological value fits the large-scale physiognomy of Mastorochoria and the holistic approach of the MaNet Project (Torre 2002:9-10).