This research begin with the descriptive analysis of the wall circuit during building phases in the XIII-XIV centuries by using the reading of direct and indirect sources, professional figures, economic resources, regulations and techniques related to the build up of a large infrastructure. The data were organized and correlated in the GIS environment for the elaboration of horizontal stratigraphic section that provide a clear picture of the spatial and chronological evolution of the work. The Florence city wall have been changed along many centuries, and influenced the development of Florence. This important architectural work is also a tribute to the stone master technological heritage At first, the important interventions of the XVI century for the adaptation of the “modern” fortifications involving many important figures such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Antonio and Giuliano da Sangallo and “il Sanmarino”, who succeeded with a restoration job to adapt a circuit now inadequate to resist the new powerful war machines. This important phase also had cultural events with interesting results, i.e. Florence become an important center of debate and experimentation for armistice and military treatises. In the nineteenth century part of the northern city wall circuit was demolished by the architect Giuseppe Poggi, to adapt the road network to vehicular traffic due to the transfer of the Italy capital to Florence. Concluding this historical excursus, we can talk about permanence of the city wall, that are still so present in the overall image of the city, and the transformations undergone by the walls all along this centuries long history. This study is completed with the GIS mapping of “viewshed” through the visibility analysis of cells (portions of landscape with walls) perceptible from specific points of view, with the distinction between possible perceptions: fast or slow, perception of whole structures or details.

Fortificazioni di Firenze permanenza e trasformazioni La cerchia muraria di Firenze: storia, paesaggio, tecnologia, adeguamento della città fortificata nei secoli / Carmela Pinto. - (2019).

Fortificazioni di Firenze permanenza e trasformazioni La cerchia muraria di Firenze: storia, paesaggio, tecnologia, adeguamento della città fortificata nei secoli

Carmela Pinto
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2019

Abstract

This research begin with the descriptive analysis of the wall circuit during building phases in the XIII-XIV centuries by using the reading of direct and indirect sources, professional figures, economic resources, regulations and techniques related to the build up of a large infrastructure. The data were organized and correlated in the GIS environment for the elaboration of horizontal stratigraphic section that provide a clear picture of the spatial and chronological evolution of the work. The Florence city wall have been changed along many centuries, and influenced the development of Florence. This important architectural work is also a tribute to the stone master technological heritage At first, the important interventions of the XVI century for the adaptation of the “modern” fortifications involving many important figures such as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Antonio and Giuliano da Sangallo and “il Sanmarino”, who succeeded with a restoration job to adapt a circuit now inadequate to resist the new powerful war machines. This important phase also had cultural events with interesting results, i.e. Florence become an important center of debate and experimentation for armistice and military treatises. In the nineteenth century part of the northern city wall circuit was demolished by the architect Giuseppe Poggi, to adapt the road network to vehicular traffic due to the transfer of the Italy capital to Florence. Concluding this historical excursus, we can talk about permanence of the city wall, that are still so present in the overall image of the city, and the transformations undergone by the walls all along this centuries long history. This study is completed with the GIS mapping of “viewshed” through the visibility analysis of cells (portions of landscape with walls) perceptible from specific points of view, with the distinction between possible perceptions: fast or slow, perception of whole structures or details.
2019
Roberto Sabelli, Giacomo Tempesta
ITALIA
Carmela Pinto
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