--- title: "Discover Monti Prenestini" type: challenge locale: en url: https://liminalfutures.com/challenges/discover-monti-prenestini date: "2023-08-27" summary: "Discover Monti Prenestini was a 2023 Challenge of stakeholder engagement and market research that gave four Monti Prenestini historic centers a shared territorial identity, tested with real users through a public website." --- # Discover Monti Prenestini Type: challenge Status: complete Dates: 2023-06-26 – 2023-08-27 People: Nicolás Delgado Alcega; Ginevra D’Agostino; Gabriele Pizzi; Chiara Romano Bosch; Lindsay Lebel; Doris Qingyi Duanmu; Maria Gabriela Carucci; Namhi Kwun; Hong Ting Wong; Bella Carriker; Emily Zhang; Katrina Chan; Adriana Giorgis; Claudia Ignaccolo; Issam Azzam; Maren Louttit Johnson Organizations: Comune di Castel San Pietro Romano; Comune di Capranica Prenestina; Comune di Rocca di Cave; Ministero della Cultura; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Miami; Museo Diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano; Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) Sezione Palestrina; Museo Civico Naturalistico dei Monti Prenestini; Comunità Slow Food della Castagna Mosciarella di Capranica Prenestina; I Borghi più belli d’Italia; GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini; Planetario di Rocca di Cave; Pro Loco Capranica Prenestina; Agriturismo La Mandera; Agriturismo Fontana a Valle; Agriturismo Colle Roscio; Agromnia Agricola; Ristorante Da Peppe; Gelateria Al Cafe’ Caffetteria Tabaccheria; Forno Fiasco; Bar Il Glicine; Ristorante Nino; Villager Hotel; BNB Quattro Sentieri; Ristorante Gasbarri; Dario e Giuseppina Trattoria; Ristorante da Romano; Il Primo Passo; Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina; Liminal Places: Castel San Pietro Romano; Capranica Prenestina; Guadagnolo; Rocca di Cave Commentaries: Liminal nei Monti Prenestini 2022–2023: dalla raccolta dei dati a una nuova identità territoriale ## Summary Discover Monti Prenestini was a 2023 Challenge of stakeholder engagement and market research that gave four Monti Prenestini historic centers a shared territorial identity, tested with real users through a public website. ## Work Discover Monti Prenestini brought an interdisciplinary team of students from MIT, Harvard and Cornell to Castel San Pietro Romano, Rocca di Cave, Capranica Prenestina and Guadagnolo for six weeks in the summer of 2023. The team met the territory’s institutions and stakeholders, visited archives and local museums, walked its itineraries, surveyed local businesses and services, and ran market research on the visitors interested in longer stays. The Challenge closed with discovermontiprenestini.com, an experimental website that narrated the territory so that real target users could react to it. Along the way the team updated the Google profiles of more than 50 places of interest, which drew over 300,000 views in four months, and trained residents in the use of hosting platforms such as Airbnb and Booking. Later Challenges in Monti Prenestini — Transitioning a Landscape, Weaving Urban Data and Reviving Trails among them — build directly on this work. ## Sources - legacy-site: [/challenges-eng](/challenges-eng) ## Outputs - Produced Liminal nei Monti Prenestini 2022–2023: dalla raccolta dei dati a una nuova identità territoriale ## Related - Led by [Nicolás Delgado Alcega](/people/nicolas-delgado-alcega) - Led by [Ginevra D’Agostino](/people/ginevra-dagostino) - Participant [Gabriele Pizzi](/people/gabriele-pizzi) - Participant [Chiara Romano Bosch](/people/chiara-romano-bosch) - Participant [Lindsay Lebel](/people/lindsay-lebel) - Participant [Doris Qingyi Duanmu](/people/doris-duanmu) - Participant [Maria Gabriela Carucci](/people/maria-gabriela-carucci) - Participant [Namhi Kwun](/people/namhi-kwun) - Participant [Hong Ting Wong](/people/hong-ting-wong) - Participant [Bella Carriker](/people/bella-carriker) - Participant [Emily Zhang](/people/emily-zhang) - Participant [Katrina Chan](/people/katrina-chan) - Participant [Adriana Giorgis](/people/adriana-giorgis) - Participant [Claudia Ignaccolo](/people/claudia-ignaccolo) - Participant [Issam Azzam](/people/issam-azzam) - Participant [Maren Louttit Johnson](/people/maren-louttit-johnson) - Financing partner [Comune di Castel San Pietro Romano](/organizations/comune-di-castel-san-pietro-romano) - Financing partner [Comune di Capranica Prenestina](/organizations/comune-di-capranica-prenestina) - Financing partner [Comune di Rocca di Cave](/organizations/comune-di-rocca-di-cave) - Financing partner [Ministero della Cultura](/organizations/ministero-della-cultura) - Financing partner [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/organizations/massachusetts-institute-of-technology) - Operative partner [University of Miami](/organizations/university-of-miami) - Engaged actor [Museo Diffuso Castel San Pietro Romano](/organizations/museo-diffuso-castel-san-pietro-romano) - Engaged actor [Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) Sezione Palestrina](/organizations/cai-palestrina) - Engaged actor [Museo Civico Naturalistico dei Monti Prenestini](/organizations/museo-civico-naturalistico-dei-monti-prenestini) - Engaged actor [Comunità Slow Food della Castagna Mosciarella di Capranica Prenestina](/organizations/comunita-slow-food-castagna-mosciarella) - Engaged actor [I Borghi più belli d’Italia](/organizations/borghi-piu-belli-ditalia) - Engaged actor [GAL Castelli Romani e Monti Prenestini](/organizations/gal-castelli-romani-e-monti-prenestini) - Engaged actor [Planetario di Rocca di Cave](/organizations/planetario-di-rocca-di-cave) - Engaged actor [Pro Loco Capranica Prenestina](/organizations/pro-loco-capranica-prenestina) - Engaged actor [Agriturismo La Mandera](/organizations/agriturismo-la-mandera) - Engaged actor [Agriturismo Fontana a Valle](/organizations/agriturismo-fontana-a-valle) - Engaged actor [Agriturismo Colle Roscio](/organizations/agriturismo-colle-roscio) - Engaged actor [Agromnia Agricola](/organizations/agromnia-agricola) - Engaged actor [Ristorante Da Peppe](/organizations/ristorante-da-peppe) - Engaged actor [Gelateria Al Cafe’ Caffetteria Tabaccheria](/organizations/gelateria-al-cafe) - Engaged actor [Forno Fiasco](/organizations/forno-fiasco) - Engaged actor [Bar Il Glicine](/organizations/bar-il-glicine) - Engaged actor [Ristorante Nino](/organizations/ristorante-nino) - Engaged actor [Villager Hotel](/organizations/villager-hotel) - Engaged actor [BNB Quattro Sentieri](/organizations/bnb-quattro-sentieri) - Engaged actor [Ristorante Gasbarri](/organizations/ristorante-gasbarri) - Engaged actor [Dario e Giuseppina Trattoria](/organizations/dario-e-giuseppina-trattoria) - Engaged actor [Ristorante da Romano](/organizations/ristorante-da-romano) - Engaged actor [Il Primo Passo](/organizations/il-primo-passo) - Engaged actor [Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina](/organizations/museo-archeologico-nazionale-di-palestrina) - Authored by [Liminal](/organizations/liminal) - Located in [Castel San Pietro Romano](/places/castel-san-pietro-romano) - Located in [Capranica Prenestina](/places/capranica-prenestina) - Located in [Guadagnolo](/places/guadagnolo) - Located in [Rocca di Cave](/places/rocca-di-cave)