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La memoria dell'acqua. Antichi sistemi di approvvigionamento e distribuzione idrica a Palermo: torri, urne e castelletti.Water memory. Old systems of…
2009
Abstract The water flowing from the tap of our houses accounts for the final step of a long and complicated route beaten by time and man; the latter has always committed himself to making the best of such resource, by testing over time different technological solutions according to the environmental, geographical and cultural conditions of the various territories. Man has dug wells and reservoirs in order to collect, assemble and retain water and has carried out and implemented all the works that were necessary to make water supply more useful and efficient: waterworks, fountains, drinking troughs and water systems bringing the vital element from door to door and which, over the centuries, …