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Ricerche nel Santuario di Contrada Mango a Segesta
2022
Between June and July 2022, the University of Palermo started new feld investigations in the Contrada Mango sanctuary in Segesta, which, in the 1950s and 1960s, had brought to light a monumental temenos-terracing wall in isodomic technique and the remains of a Doric Severe-Style peripteral temple, largely spoliated at an unknown period. This paper presents some preliminary results of the new research that results from an intensive review and study of the documentation of the old excavations, which isabout to be published. The most important data acquired are the identifcation of the spoliation trench of the north side of the peristasis of the temple and the attribution of the foundations su…
Dialoghi tra antico e contemporaneo. Dal Bouleuterion greco alla grande Barricaia di Rocca di Frassinello
2021
La cantina Rocca di Frassinello, progettata da Renzo Piano nel cuore della Maremma Toscana, costituisce uno dei massimi esempi di come la contemporaneità, nelle sue forme più essenziali, possa fondersi perfettamente con il paesaggio naturale circostante senza alterarne gli equilibri e la storia ma anzi valorizzandolo in maniera magistrale. Il centro pulsante della cantina è la grande barricaia ipogea nella quale riposano fino a 2.500 barriques di rovere francese disposte su gradinate digradanti. La particolare configurazione a gradoni della barricaia sembra richiamare l'impianto planimetrico di una forma architettonica legata all'antica Grecia, il bouleuterion. Un'iscrizione da Teos attesta…
La représentation de l’identité sicilienne dans les bâtiments publics du Ventennio fasciste
The intervention, included in the panel of the Conference dedicated to the monumental forms of political and cultural identities, proposed the analysis of some artistic decorations of monumental public building made in Sicily during the fascist regime, such as the pictorial cycle of the Palace of the Prefecture of Ragusa, the bas-reliefs of the Casa del Fascio in Messina and the mosaic of the Maritime Station of the same city. The institutional representation of the collective – the Conference’s main subject of interest – was considered in the light of traditional themes of fascist ideology, such as Labour, and by episodes related to the local context, such as Mussolini’s visits or mythiciz…
Les détails archéologiques dans les décorations monumentales des bâtiments publics siciliens du XXe siècle : une recherche d’identité
The intervention presented a premise aimed at reconstructing the Greek and Roman past of Sicily, the importance of the archaeological heritage rediscovered during the years of the Grand Tour and the archaeological excavation campaigns between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subsequently, the presence of «archaeological» details or at least attributable to Greek and Roman classical art and architecture in the monumental decorations of Sicilian public buildings of the 20th century was analyzed, focusing on the period of the fascist regime. Fascist ideology, inspiration from the Roman past for the constitution of the «Third Rome» and references to it in periodicals and Italian architectural…
Cicognara, il «Giornale di Belle Arti» (1833-1834) e la cultura architettonica della Restaurazione
2015
This article focuses on Leopoldo Cicognara's role as a 'spiritus rector' of the review «Giornale di Belle Arti e Tecnologia» (1833-1834) edited in Venice by Francesco Lampato. In this periodical particular attention is drawn to architectural history, as can be seen from Pietro Selvatico's innovative investigations on medieval architecture in the Padua area.
Nuove indagini all'Edificio A di Piazza della Vittoria a Palermo
2020
A recent archaeological excavation has been carried out in the so called "Edificio A", in the archaeological site of Villa Bonanno, Piazza della Vittoria in Palermo, by th Dipartimento Culture e Società (University of Palermo) and the Polo Regionale di Palermo peri i Musei ei Parchi Archeologici. "Edificio A" was discovered and excavated by the end of the XIX Century and the rich mosic floors were romeved and transferred at the Nationa Archaeological Museum. The style of these mosaics dated the building at the Severian perido but there are still somaspects of this monumnet that are unclear, such us its function and the existence of previous buildings inthe area. The new exploration aimed at…
Santa Venera e la Pace: secoli di devozione, storia, cultura e società a Palermo
2021
Si tratta di un saggio introduttivo al volume sulla compagnia della Pace con le relative opere d'arte e d'architettura volute da committenza preclara siciliana per la sede palermitana dell'organismo. Il saggio tira le fila dei contributi presenti nel volume offrendo alcune ipotesi interpretative aggiuntive su alcuni manufatti artistici e definendo i contesti culturali di alcuni interventi e della relativa aristocratica committenza. This is an introductory essay to the volume on the company of Peace with the related works of art and architecture commissioned by Sicilian preclars for the Palermo headquarters of the organism. The essay pulls the strings of the contributions present in the volu…
Spaces, Images, Communication: Improving New Urban Models
2014
Citynet – The City as a Media
2014
New investigations in the North-East quarter of Motya. The archaic cemetery and Building J
2017
In June 2013 the University of Palermo excavations on Motya were resumed. The main goal of the new project is to investigate the north-east quarter of the Phoenician settlement and its urban development since the time of its foundation. Two main areas of excavation were opened. In the early cemetery sixteen cremation burials of the archaic period were uncovered. The most striking discoveries, never attested before, were a tomb containing Hellenistic offerings, and the occurrence of archaic infant cremations. The second excavation was conducted east of Zone K in Building J, which is characterized by its use of a fine ‘pier and rubble’ construction technique. Two rooms have been partially cle…