Abstract
Abstract. Sicily owns a vast heritage consisting of manors, strongholds, coastal towers and city fortifications that reflect its long history and strategic role in the Mediterranean Sea. Most of these assets are now in poor condition and abandoned, affected by both aging and the lack of preservation and maintenance activities. Their knowledge is often incomplete because of a lack of archival sources and the quasi-absence of accurate surveys and stratigraphic analyses. A systematic research programme on the most important castles in central Sicily, was then launched. In this context, this paper presents the case study of the Aragonese castle in Piazza Armerina. It shows the first results of a multidisciplinary study based on the integrated use of technologies for three-dimensional survey and supported by new critical interpretations of the morphological and material peculiarities of such an important cultural good. An operational practice aimed at correctly orienting future restoration and reuse activities, based on both scientific criteria and respectful approach to the monument.
Highlights
Has a large number of castles of great historical and artistic importance
Tangible signs of interesting pre-existences highlighted and clarified by representation techniques, conceived to bring out the morphological and material particularities and the state of conservation of such a multi-layered cultural object. It is a preliminary work of understanding and critical interpretation, intended as the essential prerequisite for the adoption of quality measures aimed at the conservation, restoration,use and enhancement of a common good
Aragonese Castle is an essential landmark of Piazza Armerina
Summary
Has a large number of castles of great historical and artistic importance. They are the tangible sign - sometimes in an advanced state of ruin - of important pages in the history of the island. The new study aimed to document the fortress very precisely from a metric point of view, making a substantial correction compared to the few surveys drawn up previously It has and above all, set out to make readable the stratifications recently brought to light; to compare them with 19th-century documentary data of great interest and already known in the literature (Nigrelli 1983) but inexplicably later fallen into oblivion. Tangible signs of interesting pre-existences highlighted and clarified by representation techniques, conceived to bring out the morphological and material particularities and the state of conservation of such a multi-layered cultural object It is a preliminary work of understanding and critical interpretation, intended as the essential prerequisite for the adoption of quality measures aimed at the conservation, restoration, (re)use and enhancement of a common good
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