Rewriting the Journey of the Mantua-Peschiera Railway: A Moving Experience

The research presented in this article is embedded in the context of the on-going doctoral thesis titled The Mantua–Peschiera Railway: A Case Study for the Historical Analysis and Design Methodology of a Regeneration Project� The research focuses on the decommissioned railway that once connected the city of Mantua to Peschiera del Garda in the north of Italy and questions its possible future� Nowadays, the railway is not perceived as it was, because, without any specific or recognizable appearence, its few remains, such as the passenger stations, are in ruins� The historical data helped to reshape the original project of the line and its deep inter- dependence with its environment showing peculiar and original characters as a branch line� The author’s research aims to create a possible scenario in which the former railway guarantees a continuous connection between the object and its territory within its new function as a Cultural Route