The geographical area of Ligurian Apennines identified with the expression Quattro Province (Four Provinces, an area at the borders of the provinces of Alessandria, Genova, Pavia, and Piacenza) includes territories of different administrative institutions, but characterized by similar cultural features. Analogies are found in popular traditions (e.g. music, local festivals) and in building types. In particular, the most ancient examples of local architecture, both civil and religious, have common technological features, that characterize this area in a peculiar way. Studies about Longobardic documents and medieval material evidences show that the activity of the monasteries determined a real urban planning: after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the territory was dominated by severe decline and economic crisis, even though this area was important for pilgrimage and commerce (Salt road, Via degli Abati, Via Postumia). The organization in monastic cells, each with its own economic function, is still recognizable in recurring toponyms, evocative of specific types of cultivation or farming (e.g. Pecorara, Porcile, Pometo, and Noceto). The building activity was not spontaneous, but it had been entrusted to craftsmen who planned constructions according to a precise design, using cultured technologies and defined measures (eulithic architecture1). More recent rural buildings often have reused materials of pre-existing constructions. Even if they present modifications, rural buildings have the main elements of the eulithic architecture, which certainly had to represent a model for local inhabitants

The geographical area of Ligurian Apennines identified with the expression Quattro Province (Four Provinces, an area at the borders of the provinces of Alessandria, Genova, Pavia, and Piacenza) includes territories of different administrative institutions, but characterized by similar cultural features. Analogies are found in popular traditions (e.g. music, local festivals) and in building types. In particular, the most ancient examples of local architecture, both civil and religious, have common technological features, that characterize this area in a peculiar way. Studies about Longobardic documents and medieval material evidences show that the activity of the monasteries determined a real urban planning: after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the territory was dominated by severe decline and economic crisis, even though this area was important for pilgrimage and commerce (Salt road, Via degli Abati, Via Postumia). The organization in monastic cells, each with its own economic function, is still recognizable in recurring toponyms, evocative of specific types of cultivation or farming (e.g. Pecorara, Porcile, Pometo, and Noceto). The building activity was not spontaneous, but it had been entrusted to craftsmen who planned constructions according to a precise design, using cultured technologies and defined measures (eulithic architecture1). More recent rural buildings often have reused materials of pre-existing constructions. Even if they present modifications, rural buildings have the main elements of the eulithic architecture, which certainly had to represent a model for local inhabitants

Tecniche costruttive storiche diffuse nelle Quattro Province: un progetto colto di organizzazione del territorio

Cinieri Valentina
2020-01-01

Abstract

The geographical area of Ligurian Apennines identified with the expression Quattro Province (Four Provinces, an area at the borders of the provinces of Alessandria, Genova, Pavia, and Piacenza) includes territories of different administrative institutions, but characterized by similar cultural features. Analogies are found in popular traditions (e.g. music, local festivals) and in building types. In particular, the most ancient examples of local architecture, both civil and religious, have common technological features, that characterize this area in a peculiar way. Studies about Longobardic documents and medieval material evidences show that the activity of the monasteries determined a real urban planning: after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the territory was dominated by severe decline and economic crisis, even though this area was important for pilgrimage and commerce (Salt road, Via degli Abati, Via Postumia). The organization in monastic cells, each with its own economic function, is still recognizable in recurring toponyms, evocative of specific types of cultivation or farming (e.g. Pecorara, Porcile, Pometo, and Noceto). The building activity was not spontaneous, but it had been entrusted to craftsmen who planned constructions according to a precise design, using cultured technologies and defined measures (eulithic architecture1). More recent rural buildings often have reused materials of pre-existing constructions. Even if they present modifications, rural buildings have the main elements of the eulithic architecture, which certainly had to represent a model for local inhabitants
2020
History of Engineering. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference 2020. Atti del VIII convegno di Storia dell'Ingegneria
978-88-86-63887-6
The geographical area of Ligurian Apennines identified with the expression Quattro Province (Four Provinces, an area at the borders of the provinces of Alessandria, Genova, Pavia, and Piacenza) includes territories of different administrative institutions, but characterized by similar cultural features. Analogies are found in popular traditions (e.g. music, local festivals) and in building types. In particular, the most ancient examples of local architecture, both civil and religious, have common technological features, that characterize this area in a peculiar way. Studies about Longobardic documents and medieval material evidences show that the activity of the monasteries determined a real urban planning: after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the territory was dominated by severe decline and economic crisis, even though this area was important for pilgrimage and commerce (Salt road, Via degli Abati, Via Postumia). The organization in monastic cells, each with its own economic function, is still recognizable in recurring toponyms, evocative of specific types of cultivation or farming (e.g. Pecorara, Porcile, Pometo, and Noceto). The building activity was not spontaneous, but it had been entrusted to craftsmen who planned constructions according to a precise design, using cultured technologies and defined measures (eulithic architecture1). More recent rural buildings often have reused materials of pre-existing constructions. Even if they present modifications, rural buildings have the main elements of the eulithic architecture, which certainly had to represent a model for local inhabitants
restauro
storia dell'architettura
pietra
stone masonry
History of architecture
Quattro Province
Architettura eulitica
Eulitico
San Colombano
Architettura in pietra
Tecniche costruttive
Ligurian Apennines
Caratteri costruttivi
Testa Apotropaica
Mamma Longobarda
Alto Medioevo
Longobardi
Portali lapidei
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