Gran Sasso Laga ICH aims to create an inventory of the intangible cultural heritage assets so as to consolidate cultural transmission to new generations and to promote original cultural itineraries by increasing the tourist attractiveness of the municipalities in the province of Teramo which were included in 2009 in the L’Aquila crater area (Arsita, Castelli, Colledara, Fano Adriano, Montorio al Vomano, Penna S. Andrea, Pietracamela, Tossicia) and, by extension, of those municipalities in the the provinces of L’Aquila and of Teramo which are situated in the crater area of the earthquake of Central Italy 2016-2017 (Campotosto, Castel Castagna, Crognaleto, Isola del Gran Sasso); finally, by geographical proximity also of the municipality of Basciano, located between the territories of Castel Castagna and Penna S. Andrea.

The project pursues its goal through the documentation, elaboration and dissemination of the intangible cultural heritage of the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga through innovative, participatory and dynamic narrative strategies, involving people and stakeholders. It is, in fact, this heritage which can sustain the quality of life and constitute the utmost excellence of the territory, together with the monumental heritage that consecrates the other side of the cultural heritage, the realm of the tangible.