LAS CUBIERTAS DE HIERRO DE LA PALERMO LIBERTY - THE IRON ROOFS IN PALERMO’S LIBERTY

The iron architecture spreads in Europe in the nineteenth century, coinciding with the advancement of the steel industry and the development of the extraordinary Art Nouveau period, a movement that analyses the evolution of the modern world, the industrial development, the advances in technology, the new social and cultural needs, to find a new suitable form to meet the new demands of representativeness. In this atmosphere of urban renewal, modern technology plays a primary role, and iron is well-suited to adapt to the new demands of taste that draw inspiration from nature and its organic forms. Many of the iron works of the period have disappeared, destroyed or demolished and others are in…