Legal Notice

1. Site Owner

The website borgoitaliani.it is owned and operated by:

Javier Esteban Ramón
NIF: 61166384T
Address: La Riera 49, 33119 Trubia, Asturias, Spain
E-mail: [email protected]

This website is not registered with the Chamber of Commerce and does not hold a VAT number, as it is a personal project with no commercial purpose.

2. Purpose of the Site

Borgo Italiani is an editorial project of an informational nature dedicated to promoting Italian borghi and comuni. The site aims to collect, organise and present in an accessible manner information of public interest relating to the territory, cultural heritage, gastronomy, nature and services of Italian municipalities.

The site has no commercial purpose: it does not sell products or services, does not host advertising and does not engage in e-commerce activities. No economic transactions take place through the site.

3. Data Sources

The information published on borgoitaliani.it comes exclusively from official sources and public databases. The main sources used are listed below:

• ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) — demographic data, municipal codes, geographic coordinates, surface area and altitude of Italian municipalities.
• MiC (Ministero della Cultura) — cultural heritage, UNESCO sites, protected assets and PNRR Borghi programmes.
• Touring Club Italiano — Bandiere Arancioni certification for inland borghi.
• FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education) — Bandiere Blu programme for coastal localities.
• AGCOM (Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni) — digital coverage and connectivity data.
• MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca) — data on educational facilities.
• Agenzia delle Entrate — OMI (Osservatorio del Mercato Immobiliare) — reference property valuations.
• MEF (Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze) — income data and municipal economic indicators.
• OpenStreetMap — cartographic and infrastructure data, ODbL licence.
• Open-Meteo — historical climate and weather data.
• Wikidata — structured encyclopaedic data (heritage, gastronomy, DOP/IGP/DOCG products), CC0 licence.

Data is processed and aggregated automatically. Although sourced from official databases, it may contain inaccuracies due to delayed updates from the original sources or errors in the processing pipeline.

4. Editorial Content

The descriptive texts and editorial articles published on borgoitaliani.it are generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence (Claude by Anthropic) and subsequently reviewed for accuracy, consistency and quality.

AI-generated content is based exclusively on factual data from the official sources listed above. The artificial intelligence model is not used as a source of factual information, but as a tool for text composition and drafting.

All editorial content undergoes a review process that includes verification of cited data, removal of unverifiable claims and consistency checks against the original sources.

5. Intellectual Property

The factual data published on borgoitaliani.it comes from public databases and is not subject to copyright as it constitutes factual information. The elaborations, editorial structure, graphic design and original texts of the site are the property of the owner.

Reproduction of editorial content is permitted exclusively with citation of the source and a link to the original content.

The trademarks mentioned (ISTAT, UNESCO, Bandiera Blu, Bandiera Arancione, Borghi più belli d'Italia, etc.) belong to their respective owners and are used solely for informational purposes.

6. Limitation of Liability

The information published on borgoitaliani.it is purely informational and educational in nature. The site owner does not guarantee the completeness, accuracy or timeliness of the published information.

The site may contain links to third-party websites. The owner is not responsible for the content, privacy policies or practices of such external sites. The inclusion of links to third-party sites does not imply endorsement or association with their operators.

Use of the information contained on the site is at the user's sole responsibility. The owner disclaims any liability for direct or indirect damages arising from the use of the published information.

7. Applicable Law

This legal notice is governed by Italian law. For any dispute arising from the use of this website, exclusive jurisdiction shall lie with the court of the place of residence of the site owner.

8. Contact

For any communication regarding the content of the site, to report errors or to request corrections, please write to:

[email protected]