Le ecclesiae episcopales nelle città toscane in epoca tardo antica ed alto medievale. Sviluppi monumentali e relazioni con la topografia urbana attraverso l'analisi del progetto CARE

Abstract

Within the CARE project, the writer deals with the cataloguing of the churches for central-northern Tuscany, with a particular attention to their topographical impact on the long-term. The aim of this paper is to make a focus on the analysis of the ecclesiae episcopales in all the towns of the Tuscan territory, highlighting the following points: - report with pre-existence; - impact on the urban plots in the longue durée; - monumental developments of the episcopal churches in the Early Middle Ages; - relationships of churches with the centres of 'secular power';- relations of the ecclesiae episcopales with the other urban and suburban churches; - structural developments of the church buildings. Through the analysis of all these elements, the main purpose of this paper is to offer an organic synthesis on the topographie chrétienne of the cities of Tuscia, incorporating the analysis of ecclesiastical buildings into a "global" reading of the morphogenetic phenomena of urbanism, until the formation of the medieval city.