“…The Matera-Basilicata 2019 ECoC has been at the centre of analyses and debate in Italy (see, e.g., Argano and Iasevoli, 2014;Bencivenga et al, 2016;Bernardo and De Pascale, 2016;Fusco Girard et al, 2017;Foundation, 2020Percoco, 2018;Fox et al, 2020;Mininni et al, 2020). Some heritage-related issues have been touched upon by existing publications.…”