56|A FONDO Nocturnal landscape in historic areas With the goal of analyzing the lighting of historic areas from different points of view and as objectively as possible, the “IPCE (Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España”), Cultural He- ritage Institute of Spain, which is an agency dependent on the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, promoted the Lighting of Historic Areas Conference. The event took place on May 19th and 20th, at the “ETSAM (Escuela Superior de Arquitectura Madrid”), Superior Archi- tecture School Madrid. The firm “Intervento Red” was in charge of the organization.