Geologia, tempo e abito urbano (Imago urbis)

The surfaces identify towns, particularly those with a long history, they talk abaut their di{- ferent phases of construction, their relationship with the territoty, the passing of time. In Jact in the past centuries the materials used to build towns and villages were almost exclusively thosef*und locally. Each territoty wGS characterized by its ovtn bnilding materials, its own techniques,for the superficial processlng of materials, its awn renders and its own painting. ln the territary of the ltalian peninsula, thanks to the great geologicalvariability and the presence al little states, that lasted until the second half af the XtXh century, these d§ferences are particularly evident and this iswhy we can speak qf'theurbanhabit af every town.Inthistextwewill examinehow thenature af theterritories influencestheurbanhabit tvith particular attention to Tuscany.