"Prohibitions and closures are a daily occurence in Italy, and I'm referring to the natural environments and the ones used by man and then abandoned.

The natural areas available for those who love to practice outdoor activities are getting fewer, and I'm not referring to the global pandemic, but to the leading and powerful role played by the private ownership in the country. In these lines, of course, I want to focus on the spaces, the places that now got fruitless, and abandoned by their rughtful owners, and however off-limits to most for the simple reason that they are a private property.

Yet, in Italy there is a legislative assumption providing that property can't be only "private". In particular, the article 42 second paragraph of the Italian constitution even provides for a social use of the private property.   I wanted to make this point because the closure cases of climbing spots located in uncultivated and fruitless lands  are becoming ever more numerous.

Only rarely there are reasonable arrangements between owners and climbers, between State property and goers, between various institutions and passionate about climbing and nailing. Excluding those cases in which there are some unacceptable behaviors, often climbing takes place at abandoned or semi-abandoned places, with suitable rock walls.

Often, the closing notice of a spot arrives after several years of climbing, motivated by environmental issues or simply by an owner assertion. Some is horrified at the thought of restricting the rights of private persons, but the Italian post-fascist law  established limits to the latifundium and to the ancient feuds, and, for various reasons, provided a social use of them; with that sais, I'm realistic, and I realize that in our country the private ownership enjoys absolute inviolability."