The Census of Rural Buildings in the Italian Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

The census of rural buildings in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region has highlighted the centuries-old existence of a building repertoire articulated for each of the landscape areas of the Friulian territory. The variety of building types testifies to man's adaptation to the environment, and the careful use of the land has mitigated the anthropogenic impact on natural resources, allowing sustainable forms of housing. The phenomena of abandonment and the slow processes of deruralization of some areas, resulting from the war events and natural disasters that devastated Friuli in the last century, are contributing to widespread renaturalization processes generated by low anthropogenic pressure. The latitudinal succession of woods, meadows intended for high-altitude grazing, terraces where fruit growing and viticulture have specialized over time and, in the flat part, the typical forms of polyculture, have made it possible to decline the settlement dynamics in unique forms of housing connected to agricultural work. However, for several decades these territories have discovered their own tourist vocation, and some of those houses have been converted into accommodation facilities. Therefore, the use of data from this census, integrated with information on the relationship of rural buildings with the landscape context, can support targeted research and cross-sectional analyses aimed at protecting the property from possible exposure to situations of natural or anthropogenic risk.