Università Agraria di Viepri Comunanza Agraria di Viepri
Viepri, Massa Martana (Perugia) · Umbria · Italy
An institution of collective ownership of medieval origin, managing two hundred and eighty-two hectares of forest and pasture in a hamlet of Massa Martana, Umbria. It is a comunanza agraria, a legacy of the central European customary law of the common mark, reserved for families historically tied to the village and inherited within them. An 1894 law equated these bodies with local public bodies, and since 1927 no new ones may be created, so survivors like this one are living legal heritage little known outside Italy.
- Led by
- Community of families originally from Viepri, gathered in the Università Agraria
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Vernacular
- Visitable
- Commonly used land (forest and pasture), governance visible at the annual assembly
- Website
- www.comunanzaagrariaviepri.it ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Usi civici e proprietà collettive in Umbria: il caso dell'università Agraria di Viepri ↗ · academic source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Comunanza Agraria di Viepri (Adriano Ciani)
- Dati e informazioni sulle terre di uso civico in Umbria ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Regione Umbria