Liguria is a land rich in coastal villages, for which it is famous all over the world. Still, it has numerous centers scattered inland, perhaps less visible, where the steepness of the hills has allowed the settlement. A subsistence economy characterized these centers; it was based on the exploitation of the chestnut woods, on cultivation on terraces or the exploitation of mineral resources. They usually were formed only by an agglomeration of a few houses, but they played a fundamental role in the creation and maintenance of the Ligurian landscape. A balance persisting at least until the end of the nineteenth century when, on the one hand, some strong earthquakes and, on the other, the tumultuous industrial and port development of the citi...
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This article explores a particular case that is part of an international research whose objective is...
The oldest part of the small settlement of Pyrgos in the island of Santorini – the so-called castle ...
Although Lombardy is one of the most economically dynamic regions of Europe, it also presents areas ...
Tuscia is the name given to most of Etruria, including large areas of Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria. Thi...
The village and the castle of Terracorpo in Marzano Appio, located on a hill in the Regional Park of...
In 1939, Sicily played a main role in the ‘assault of the latifundium’, a propagandistic and politic...
The landscape of many small towns of Alta Irpinia (Central-Eastern area of Campania) has been disfig...
The interior areas of Abruzzi and Molise are littered with abandoned centres, primarily small towns ...
The Dauni Mountains area (Puglia) is bound to the east by the Tavoliere plain, to the west by the Ap...
In an age like the present one, marked by a growing sensitivity towards the issues of recovery and e...
The conservation of abandoned urban sites, increasingly widespread all over the Italian territory an...
The Madonie are a compact area from the hystorical, cultural, economic and architectural point of vi...
Due to landslides, earthquakes or other natural events, there are many sites in Campania, once lived...
The Sila law (12/05/1950), first act of that land innovation so much invoked in the years after the ...
The mountain landscape is strongly characterized by the close dialogue between the natural environme...
This article explores a particular case that is part of an international research whose objective is...
The oldest part of the small settlement of Pyrgos in the island of Santorini – the so-called castle ...
Although Lombardy is one of the most economically dynamic regions of Europe, it also presents areas ...