Refugees Camps of Istrian-Dalmatian Exodus between Abandonment and Reconversion: a Current Issue The Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, which took place from 1943 to 1958, represented a process of abandonment, which involved approximately 300.000 people forced to migrate from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia, due to the transition of these territories from the Italian Kingdom to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, formalized by the Paris Peace Treaty (10th February 1947) and by the Memorandum of Understanding of London (5th October 1954). The Italian Government dealt with accepting and housing such a large crowd of compatriots, who were escaping from the oppression by Tito, by opting to relocate people all over Italy, in more than one hundred Refugees Camps (CRP). CRPs were organized in existing buildings which were frequently already abandoned. With the end of this emergency and with the distribution to exiles to permanent accommodations in several Italian cities, CRP were abandoned once again, questioning which their next role would be in the context and in the landscape. This paper wants to illustrate the stories of transformation of some of the CRPs, within a wider recognition in terms of original function (military buildings, religious buildings, educational buildings, prison camps, others and purpose-built CRP) and in terms of the current state of conservation (state of neglect, memorial role, demolition/removal, reuse, maintenance of previous use and permanent placement).
I Campi di Raccolta Profughi dell’esodo giuliano, fiumano e dalmata fra abbandono e riconversione: una questione attuale
S. Rocco
2018-01-01
Abstract
Refugees Camps of Istrian-Dalmatian Exodus between Abandonment and Reconversion: a Current Issue The Istrian-Dalmatian exodus, which took place from 1943 to 1958, represented a process of abandonment, which involved approximately 300.000 people forced to migrate from Istria, Fiume and Dalmatia, due to the transition of these territories from the Italian Kingdom to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, formalized by the Paris Peace Treaty (10th February 1947) and by the Memorandum of Understanding of London (5th October 1954). The Italian Government dealt with accepting and housing such a large crowd of compatriots, who were escaping from the oppression by Tito, by opting to relocate people all over Italy, in more than one hundred Refugees Camps (CRP). CRPs were organized in existing buildings which were frequently already abandoned. With the end of this emergency and with the distribution to exiles to permanent accommodations in several Italian cities, CRP were abandoned once again, questioning which their next role would be in the context and in the landscape. This paper wants to illustrate the stories of transformation of some of the CRPs, within a wider recognition in terms of original function (military buildings, religious buildings, educational buildings, prison camps, others and purpose-built CRP) and in terms of the current state of conservation (state of neglect, memorial role, demolition/removal, reuse, maintenance of previous use and permanent placement).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
