This thesis deals with the issues concerning the World Heritage industry. One of the major topics is the international documents that the organisation of UNSECO and their predecessors have been referring to since 1931 in the Athens Charter. The documents are described along with terms like place identity, place branding, historicism, and place construction and analysed in a case study. The case study is the World Heritage site of Mantua in the east part of Lombardy, Italy. Within the frames of these terms and documents the historical route ‘The Prince’s path’ is analysed trough the perspective of uninformed visitors. In the case study the information given in the urban space will be presented along with the changes that have been made in the past century. This presentation intend to relate to the criticality's that the Outstanding Universal Value may cause in terms of how the site may be affected to effects linked to the heritage brand like cultural tourism and knowledge of the specific site. Questions like what kind of information the spectator is given in the urban room are analysed and answered with help of the available information for tourists. One of the problems in this sense is the chosen selection of information that is given, could this selection in any sense be connectable with the World Heritage nomination and is there a conscious mediated image coherent throughout the sources of information?

Cette thèse a pour objectif de démontrer la richesse et la variété des dispositifs scéniques utilisés par Molière à Paris, à partir de 1658. Sur ce thème, il n’y eut guère jusqu’ici que des travaux peu convaincants basés sur l’étude iconographique des frontispices. Cette étude s’ouvre sur un rappel circonstancié du contexte technique, matériel et scénographique au XVIIe siècle avec notamment les descriptions précises des grandes innovations dues aux Italiens ; puis, à l’aide de notes, de manuscrits ou de contrats, les spécificités architecturales du théâtre du Palais-Royal, qui fut pour Molière le principal espace de création, sont détaillés. Enfin, l’ensemble des comédies du dramaturge est regroupé en deux grandes catégories : les comédies données à la Ville, comme L’École des femmes, Le Tartuffe ou L’Avare ; celles-ci n’ont pas bénéficié de commentaires qui puissent éclairer sur le dispositif scénique. Mais le décryptage minutieux du texte a pallié cette lacune ; il met en évidence un rapport quasi constant entre action et décoration, et confirme l’intérêt manifeste de l’auteur-comédien pour la mise en scène. La seconde catégorie concerne les comédies données pour la Cour, souvent appelées « comédies-ballets » ou comédies « mêlées de danse et de musique » ; celles-ci ont fait l’objet d’amples relations contemporaines. Bénéficiant de moyens financiers considérables, elles furent caractéristiques par leur débordement de luxe et d’invention. / This thesis aims to demonstrate the richness and variety of scenic devices used by Molière in Paris beginning in 1658. On this subject, there have been only a few unconvincing works to date, and these have been based on iconographic study and frontispieces. The thesis begins with an account of the detailed technical background, materials and stage design in the seventeenth century. It is particularly committed to locating and describing in detail the major innovations resulting from Italian influence. Through an examination of notes, manuscripts and unpublished theater contracts, it has sometimes even been possible to specify the architectural characteristics of the theater of the Palais-Royal, which was Molière's main creative space. The thesis then groups all of the comedies of the playwright into two broad categories. The first category, comedies played “à la Ville” (e.g., L’École des femmes, Tartuffe and L’Avare) has not benefited from commentaries that could clarify the settings that were used. Detailed textual analysis helps to overcome this problem; it highlights an almost constant ratio between action and decoration, and confirms the author-actor Molière’s obvious interest in staging. The second category concerns comedies played for the Court, often called "comedies-ballets" and comedies of "mingled music and dance," which have received more thorough contemporary commentary. These comedies benefited from considerable financial resources and are characterized by their overflowing luxury, scenic writing and invention.