scholarly journals Da fortezza a residenza castellana: osservazioni stratigrafiche per la comprensione del processo trasformativo della Rocca di Novellara (RE, Italia)

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Squassina
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Reggio Emilia ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

From a fortress to a residential castle: a stratigraphic reading of the transformations in the Rocca of Novellara (RE, Italy)The paper reports the results of a stratigraphic reading on the northern façade of the Rocca di Novellara (Reggio Emilia, Italy), a castle which is now the town hall, right in the city centre. Though as a pole of the contemporary public life in Novellara, housing at present both a museum and a nineteenth century theatre, the Rocca recalls its military past through its name and by means of the still standing remains of the walls and corner towers. Besides a well-documented historical development, the stratigraphic investigation of the northern façade –the only part that still hasn’t been restored– allowed a direct observation of the material traces revealing the slow transformation of the Rocca from a fortification to a residential castle. This study gave the chance of understanding the different constructive phases of the castle, making a chronological sequence out of them but it was also meant to reflect about the changes of its character, as the building has been acquiring a complex identity through time, due both to high qualified architectural episodes and to as much meaningful though tiny changes. Thus, the permanence of the stratified marks can be regarded as one of the main goals of a preservation project.

scholarly journals Learning from the Building: Direct Sources for the Preservation Project. The Experience of Besozzo's Town Hall (Varese, Italy)

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 48-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Bortolotto ◽  
Elisabetta Ciocchini ◽  
Andrea Frigo ◽  
Andrea Garzulino ◽  
Raffaella Simonelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
City Centre ◽  
Physical Analysis ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Architectural Elements ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Chronological Sequence ◽  
Archival Documentation ◽  
Building Activities ◽  
The Town ◽  
Non Destructive

The Town Hall of Besozzo (Varese, Italy) is located in the city centre of the village and its first construction phase is dated back to the XIV-XV century. It shows a complex palimpsest which is the result of the numerous transformations occurred during its life: enlargements, super elevations, demolitions, inner spaces subdivisions and use changes. Currently a project has been issued for the reuse of the building which assigns new spaces for the town offices to the northern wing recently acquired. The aim of the research was to provide a diagnostic insight, useful for the development of the conservation project which will necessarily take into account the multitude of values registered on the building. Owing to a lack of meaningful archival documentation, the elevation’s stratigraphic reading and the methods for dating historical buildings proved to be an invaluable resource for the comprehension of the building’s transformations. Cross-referencing readings of indirect sources carried on the building with the results of the in-depth analysis made it possible to rebuild the growth of the structure from its origin to the present days. Such analysis includes: geometric survey, photographic rectifications of facade and inner sections, non-destructive diagnostic investigations, bricks, mortar and plaster chemical-physical analysis, mensiochronology, study of the building techniques and chronotypology which is a stylistic analysis performed both on the constructive (apertures) and decorative (shelves, graffiti, colourings traces) architectural elements. Blending the results of these dating techniques produced the complexity of the stratigraphic reading which has been conveyed with adequate hatching on the rectified images (U.S. – Stratigraphic Unity) while schematic 3D reconstructions exemplify the chronological sequence of the building activities. Individuation and comprehension of the building constructive phases made also possible to understand which were the different uses of each room inside this domestic architecture thus providing the client and the bodies in charge of protection with valuable data for the preservation project.

Marketplaces and central spaces: markets and the rise of competing spatial ideals in Danish city centres, c. 1850–1900

Urban History ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENS TOFTGAARD
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Fish Market ◽  
Open Air Markets ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

ABSTRACTThe traditional open-air markets on the central squares of Danish cities were thriving in the middle of the nineteenth century. However, the markets were soon challenged by new urban ideals of the city centre as a place for shopping and capital investment. At the same time, urban reformers made efforts to improve the market trade to meet modern standards. The rivalling interests struggled over the question of modernization or relocation of the central square markets and ultimately the definition and use of the central urban space. In particular, this article will examine the struggle over the construction of a fish market hall in Odense as it serves to reveal the different conceptions of the central urban space that affected the fate of the street markets.

Tripoli at the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century A. D./Eighth Century AH

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Brett
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Fourteenth Century ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Eighth Century ◽  
French Translation ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The People ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

In the Seventh Annual Report of the Society I published an account of the journey of the shaykh Al-Tijānī to Tripoli at the beginning of the fourteenth century A. D./eighth century A. H., with particular reference to the Arab tribes and chiefs whom he encountered.What follows is a translation of the passages from the Riḥla in which he describes the city of Tripoli as he saw it during the eighteen months of his residence. Page references are to the 1958 Tunis edition of the work, followed by references to the nineteenth century French translation by Alphonse Rousseau. The latter is incomplete, and not always accurate.221, trans. 1853, 135Our entry into (Tripoli) took place on Saturday, 19th Jumāḍā II (707).237, trans. 1853, 135–6As we approached Tripoli and came upon it, its whiteness almost blinded the eye with the rays of the sun, so that I knew the truth of their name for it, the White City. All the people came out, showing their delight and raising their voices in acclaim. The governor of the city vacated the place of his residence, the citadel of the town, so that we might occupy it. I saw the traces of obvious splendour in the citadel (qaṣba), but ruin had gained sway. The governors had sold most of it, so that the houses which surrounded it were built from its stones. There are two wide courts, and outside is the mosque (masjid), formerly known as the Mosque of the Ten, since ten of the shaykhs of the town used to gather in it to conduct the affairs of the city before the Almohads took possession. When they did so, the custom ceased, and the name was abandoned.

Intervention, Mapping and Excavation: White Caricatures versus Black Dehumanisation in Swallow Hard: The Lancaster Dinner Service (2007)

2019 ◽  
pp. 217-236
Author(s):  
Celeste-Marie Bernier ◽  
Alan Rice ◽  
Lubaina Himid ◽  
Hannah Durkin
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Intervention Mapping ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Slave Ships ◽  
Human Costs ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

Swallow Hard: The Lancaster Dinner Service was part of the Abolished? exhibition in Lancaster. It uses overpainted eighteenth and early nineteenth century plates, tureens, jugs and dishes to comment on the legacy of slavery in the port town. It displays caricatured white figures which interrogate Lancaster’s slave-produced wealth and noble black figures which memorialise a black presence that has been forgotten in histories of the town. Other images explore local flora and fauna and the slave ships, built in the city, sailing to Africa and then sold on so others can continue the trade. It speaks to the conspicuous consumption built on the exploitation of human traffic and the consequences for those who are exploited. Working against nostalgia for confected histories she shows the full human costs of imperial wealth. Her work cannot fully make amends for the traumatic past but expresses artistically forgotten and elided histories.

Manchester Black and Blue

2012 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-291
Author(s):  
Andrew Crompton
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Coal Gas ◽  
Canal Street ◽  
Burning Coal ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

In living memory, Manchester was black from air pollution caused by burning coal. Today only fragments of that blackness remain, although its former presence can be inferred from precautions taken at the time to protect buildings from soot. At Canal Street in Miles Platting the colouring caused by consuming coal was blue, the result of contamination with a by-product of the purification of coal-gas. It is argued that because the blue street can be seen as beautiful then so can the black walls, which should be treated as an authentic part of the city. The most significant remains are 22 Lever Street and the inner courtyards of the Town Hall, which ought to be preserved in their dirty state.

И. Я. ЯКОВЛЕВ О ВОСПИТАТЕЛЬНОМ ЗНАЧЕНИИ ТЕАТРА

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vagiz Gimaliev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Literature ◽  
Musical Instruments ◽  
Aesthetic Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
Brass Band ◽  
Theatrical Performances ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

В статье отражены взгляды И. Я. Яковлева на театр и музыку как средства духовно-нравственного и эстетического воспитания личности. Оособое внимание уделено деятельности Симбирской чувашской учительской школы по формированию духовных потребностей и эстетической культуры учащихся путем использования разнообразных видов музыкального и театрального искусств: художественного чтения, исполнения по ролям басен И. А. Крылова, спектаклей по произведениям классиков русской литературы, хорового пения, игры на музыкальных инструментах и др.; проведения различных мероприятий в школе и на концертных площадках г. Симбирска: народных игр с хороводами, литературно-музыкальных вечеров, вечеров литературы и поэзии, театрализованных представлений, посещений городского театра, участия хора и оркестра школы на торжествах по разным случаям в здании Симбирской городской думы и зале Симбирского дворянского собрания, Симбирском епархиальном училище, выступления обучающихся с номерами сокольской гимнастики в сопровождении духового оркестра на городской площади и т. д. Кратко освещена деятельность воспитанников Симбирской чувашской учительской школы и потомков И. Я. Яковлева в области театрального и музыкального искусств.The article considers I. Yakovlev’s views on theater and music as means of spiritual and moral, and also aesthetic education of the individual; pays particular attention to the activities of Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School in the formation of spiritual and aesthetic culture at students through the use of various types of musical and theatrical arts: declamation, dramatization of Krylov’s fables, performances based on the works of classics of the Russian literature, choir singing, playing different musical instruments etc.; various events at school and at concert venues in the city of Simbirsk: folk games, dances, literary and musical events, literature and poetry parties, theatrical performances, visiting the theatre, participation of the school choir and orchestra in celebrations on various occasions in Simbirsk town hall and in the hall of Simbirsk Nobility Assembly, at Simbirsk Diocesan School, students’ Sokol gymnastics performances accompanied by a brass band in the town square. The article briefly covers the activities of the students of Simbirsk Chuvash Teachers’ School and I. Yakovlev’s descendants in the field of the theatrical and musical art.

scholarly journals Theodor I. Preda Hospital from Craiova between the years 1870-1910

2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Elena-Steluta Dinu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Town Hall ◽  
City Hall ◽  
Modern Hospital ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

One of the most important hospitals in Craiova, hospital Theodor I. Preda, was the result of private initiatives in health care. It was founded in 1870 by the Municipality of Craiova, according to the request expressed by Theodore I. Preda in his will. Until 1910 it worked in the homes of the donor and the money necessary for the activity came from leasing of  Stârcoviţa and Cearângul estates that belonged to Theodor I. Preda and were donated to the town hall in order to maintain the hospital that would bear his name. Thanks to the efforts of the city hall but also of accrued income, it was possible to put up another building. The new premises of the hospital, which was opened in 1910, allowed a better work and turned it into a modern hospital.

scholarly journals Historical Cartography and Sustainable Tourism Development. Reconnecting Trento and the Fersina Stream through the Retrieval of Environmental and Cultural Heritage

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Carolien Fornasari ◽  
Aurora Rapisarda
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

Abstract. Within the context of postmodern tourism, the importance of preserving and enhancing environmental and cultural assets of destinations is increasingly being recognised as one of the keys to sustainable long-term development of territories. The paper focuses on the complex diachronic relationship between the town of Trento, in the Trentino- Alto Adige region, and its watercourses, and, in particular, on its connection with the Fersina stream. The aim is to raise locals’ and visitors’ awareness of a largely forgotten urban water landscape, and to implement the town’s existing cultural and environmental tourist offer. This is achieved through the revival of collective memory of the fundamental role of water for the development of Trento and through the requalification of the stream and its network of canals, which once brought water to different parts of the city-centre. For such purpose, the validity of cartography and other geo-historical sources has been acknowledged; maps are particularly useful sources for retracing territorialisation processes, and rediscovering past territorialities and related landscapes. Accordingly, we have carried out a geo-historical analysis of cartographic representations of the town, shedding light on the past widespread presence of water within urban space and making some proposals for the enhancement and communication of such heritage.

scholarly journals ZMIIV AND ZMIIV POVIT IN REFLECTION OF THE LOCAL NOBILITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
O. M. Obchenko
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Local History ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
The Town

The study of local communities is important in modern history. Local history helps to understand the peculiarities of the historical development of the regions and their inhabitants. The article examines statistical and socio-cultural information about the small town of Zmiiv in the early nineteenth century. The article analyzes the plan of the town of Zmiiv and the seal of the town of Zmiiv. The composition of the city’s residents is also analyzed and compared with the Chuhuiv town. Town Zmiiv is located in the Kharkiv region. In the XIX century Zmiiv was the district (povit) center. Analysis of the town’s development shows that gradual processes of modernization have begun in Zmiiv. Beyond to statistics, the ideas of the local gentleman Fedir Krychevsky about the town and its history are analyzed. Krychevsky lived in Zmiv in the early nineteenth century. Krychevsky’s reasoning helps us to understand how provincial nobles imagined an ideal city in the early nineteenth century. The local nobility formed the local urban identity. It was a premodern town in reality and in their imagination as well. He was the head of the local nobility. It is possible to reconstruct the stereotypes of this nobleman about the town of Zmiiv. The province is a place where urban and rural cultures interact. Nowhere is this more visible than in province town. Zmiiv is a typical town in eastern Ukraine. Exploring its features will help to better understand the history of this region.

IV. The Etruscan City

1961 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 25-52
Author(s):  
J. B. Ward-Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Short Distance ◽  
Full Length ◽  
City Centre ◽  
The South ◽  
Natural Focus ◽  
The West ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Natural Configuration ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town

About the internal topography of the Etruscan city we know sadly little. That it was very largely determined by the natural configuration of the ground there is little room for doubt. It is true that on the Piazza d'Armi Stefani found what may have been an open square with a straight street leading out of one corner of it and a second street running for a short distance at right angles to it. But the regularity of plan extends only a very short distance back from the main façade, and it bears all the marks of being a later rationalisation of an existing irregular plan; nor is there any suggestion of a regular layout elsewhere in the city. The main lines of the street-plan are clear enough, and these indicate a radial layout, with the city-centre occupying roughly the same site as the centre of the Roman town. This was, and still is, the natural focus of the plateau. Here the crest divides into two distinct ridges, the southern one running the full length of the promontory, right down to the Piazza d'Armi, the northern one bearing off to the left and then swinging right again towards the modern Casale Cabrioli, ending on the cliffs overlooking the Fosso della Valchetta, opposite the Vacchereccia tumulus. The layout of the south-eastern part of the town was very largely determined by the course of the roads which followed these two ridges and of a third road which probably ran down the bottom of the valley between them. Two other roads, those from the Formello and the Millstream Gates, converge directly on the centre, and that from the Capena Gate joined the northern ridge-road about 500 m. to the east. The Caere road probably joined the axial road some distance to the west of the centre.

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