From the castrum to the city. Knowledge and protection of the architectural heritage of Carsoli (AQ)
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The paper, starting from the study of the most significant environmental landscapes and the analysis of the architectural heritage detectable in the territory of Carsoli, proposes a reading of the urban evolution of the fortified village and offers some insights of the main civil and religious constructions.The reading of the current architectural set of givens aims to identify persistences and alterations of the urban fabric, tracing a possible developmental line of the city from medieval castrum to Colonna family fief up to the substantial interventions of modernization and revision of the historic centre operated during the last century. The current structure of the city summarizes a construction panorama that collects the traces of the transformations of the fortified systems recurring in the territory on the border between Lazio and Abruzzo: from the castral enclosures in the state of ruins, through those incorporated into complex urban systems up to the revisited systems in a Renaissance style and to the residence castles of the great Roman families. The research is part of the advancement of appropriate courses of study and knowledge of the minor historic centres that is today an indispensable tool to sensitize and involve the community in order to prevent the urging phenomenon of the abandon and voluntary destruction of the identity values of the local communities. The transformations imposed on the urban fabric and landscape during the twentieth century invite reflection on their protection. Focusing attention on the complex but possible planning of their future, the urgency of adopting memoranda of understanding and shared guidelines useful for assisting the ordinary activities of the bodies responsible for safeguarding and valorising this heritage is evident.
Authors: Claudio Varagnoli, Stefano Cecamore
Institutions: Sapienza University of Rome, University of Chieti-Pescara
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4409118377