The publication, which is the culmination of a European project carried out under the Erasmus Plus Programme, presents the city as a place of culture, heritage and sustainable development, a place where tradition and modernity mingle and where heritage is integrated with new forms. It is a place where cultures meet, but also a place where the inhabitants draw vitality, which is a source of identity; finally, it is a place where new generations are raised.

The book shows life in the city as a composition of places of memory, which binds the past, the present and the future into a coherent whole. This book not only stimulates the reader's reflection on the city, inspiring them to their own reflections and cultural explorations, but it can also be an excellent textbook for students exploring the mysteries of cultural studies, anthropology, sociology or urban planning.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
​Introduction 
Paweł Kubicki, Elżbieta M. Mach

PART I
Introduction to Urban Anthropology and Sociology 
Paweł Kubicki

Researching the City as an Educational Space 
Elżbieta M. Mach

The Cultural Landscape and the Transformation of Cultural Heritage 
Viera Krešáková, Jana Pecníková

Multicultural Krakow. The Role of International Heritage in Creating the Narrative of the City 
Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas

The Alteration and Degradation of the Urban Form and Social Relations. The Reconstruction of L’Aquila 
Paola Rizzi, Federico D’Ascanio

Lieux de Mémoire and Post-communist Nostalgia in the Central European Symbolic Landscape of Urban Spaces 
Grzegorz Pożarlik

PART II
 
The Role of the Museum in the Creation of the Identity of the City 
Łucja Piekarska

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Development 
Geana de Miranda Leschko, Nerea Aranbarri Kortabarria

Innovation and Cultural Heritage 
Anartz Madariaga Ernani, Roberto San Salvador del Valle

Leisure, Tourism & Events: Generation of Comprehensive Experiences in Cities 
June Calvo-Soraluce, María Jesús Monteagudo Sánchez
 

Książka w otwartym dostępie: European cities in the process of constructing and transmitting european cultural heritage