This paper deals with the challenging issue of illegal building in Italy with a view to clearing up the picture on this subject matter. This phenomenon is scarcely treated from an analytical/scientific point of view, especially in international literature. However, it is very present in the social and journalistic debate. Our research highlights the objective lack of data needed to gauge this offence, which is less endemic than is believed. Furthermore, it proves that existing data are insufficient to produce results, which often range between reality and prejudice, depicting some areas of the country in an extremely negative way. The first part of this paper describes the extreme complexity in acquiring “real” data and the total nation-wide lack of technical-administrative structures and methods capable of producing acceptably reliable information. In the second part, an emblematic case study is presented and its history traced back. We show that the multiform phenomena associated with illegal building create an enormous and rhetorical stratification of actions that ultimately do not lead to any appreciable result. This underscores the powerlessness of the administrative, regulatory and technical apparatus towards this particular infringement of territorial law.

本文旨在解决意大利非法建筑这一具有挑战性的问题，以期弄清这一主题的情况。从分析/科学的角度来看，这种现象几乎没有得到处理，特别是在国际文献中。但是，它在社会和新闻界的辩论中非常普遍。我们的研究突出表明，客观上缺乏衡量这一罪行所需的数据，这种罪行的流行程度低于人们所认为的。此外，它证明现有数据不足以产生结果，结果往往介于现实和偏见之间，以极其消极的方式描绘了该国的某些地区。本文的第一部分描述了获取“真实”数据的极端复杂性以及在全国范围内完全缺乏能够产生可接受的可靠信息的技术管理结构和方法。在第二部分中，介绍了一个具有代表性的案例研究，并追溯了其历史。我们证明，与非法建筑有关的多种形式的现象造成了行动的巨大和修辞性分层，最终没有导致任何可观的结果。这突显了行政，法规和技术手段对这种特殊的领土法侵权的无能为力。我们证明，与非法建筑有关的多种形式的现象造成了行动的巨大和修辞性分层，最终没有导致任何可观的结果。这突显了行政，法规和技术手段对这种特殊的领土法侵权的无能为力。我们证明，与非法建筑有关的多种形式的现象造成了行动的巨大和修辞性分层，最终没有导致任何可观的结果。这突显了行政，法规和技术手段对这种特殊的领土法侵权的无能为力。