Abstract
Abstract. The Monumental Fountain of Dalmine was built to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Benito Mussolini’s historical address held on March 20, 1919, to which the square was dedicated. In the basin stood a large marble block on which some sentences of the Duce’s speech were carved. The work was partially destroyed at the end of the World War II and the block was removed. Today, what remains of the Dalmine Fountain constitutes the privileged meeting place of the city. However, it has great sealing problems as well as high management and maintenance costs, which prevent its normal functioning. Consequently, it is kept empty for many months of the year and filled with water only in the summer. This essay intends to propose a study based on the analysis of historical sources and 3D survey and modelling techniques aimed to understand the historical and urban value of the monument, to support its conservation and to enhance its role as a central meeting point for the town.
Highlights
The city of Dalmine, located in the surroundings of Bergamo in northern Italy, still shows clearly visible the traces of the utopian design of the company town that arose in the first half of the last century: a village made up of houses for workers, schools, guest houses, canteens, small shops, company outlets and even farms
The small town was born amid the social tension that was growing in Italy, which had dramatically changed by the World War I, despite Italy’s victorious emergence from it
The small industry expanded during the World War I thanks to the need for arms manufacture
Summary
The city of Dalmine, located in the surroundings of Bergamo in northern Italy, still shows clearly visible the traces of the utopian design of the company town that arose in the first half of the last century: a village made up of houses for workers, schools, guest houses, canteens, small shops, company outlets and even farms. The Italian flag was raised on the highest pole of the plant as a sign of devotion to work and homeland, an episode that aroused great consensus and was much publicised by Il Popolo d’Italia, the newspaper founded by Benito Mussolini in 1914, after his split from the Italian Socialist Party This form of protest, new to the European panorama, saw the participation, on 20 March 1919, of the future Duce, who exalted the revolt through which the workers, devoted to their jobs, worked for the sake of the nation (Lussana, 2003). What remains of the Dalmine fountain constitutes the privileged meeting place of the city It suffers from major sealing problems as well as high management and maintenance costs, which prevent its normal functioning. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLVI-4/W5-2021 The 6th International Conference on Smart City Applications, 27–29 October 2021, Karabuk University, Virtual Safranbolu, Turkey historical sources and 3D survey and modelling techniques aimed at understanding the historical and urban value of the monument for the purpose of supporting its safeguarding and enhancement
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