Il turismo religioso nell’ordinamento giuridico italiano: legislazione unilaterale e nuove forme di collaborazione tra Stato e confessioni religiose

Recently, due to its growth, Religious Tourism has been the subject of extensive legislative intervention in which both national and regional legislators have participated. The legislation has been layered over time, initially linking religious tourism with social tourism and subsequently with cultural tourism, also thanks to the collaboration with the Catholic Church. The essay reconstructs the development of this sector of the Italian legal system, focusing on the specific issues of Religious Routes and the CEI project of «Parchi Culturali Ecclesiali».