La ricostruzione storica della città attraverso l’iconografia urbana. Il caso studio di San Giovanni d’Acri

The historical reconstruction of the city image through iconography, represents one of the milestones research in the field of urban history. However, such kind studies, over the last thirty years, has been freed from this subsidiarity to achieve an independent research space. The graphic representation is a powerful means of expression that over the centuries has allowed to leave us traces of great documentary value. The city of Akko, our case study, has a rich urban iconography that allows an interdisciplinary perspective and gives numerous food for thought which is the subject of continuous studies and updates in the different research sectors. The renewed interest on this site comes down UNESCO site nomination in the 1972, becoming a World Heritage with its Old City. The work of Kesten testifies this new deal of study, in 1993 he is concerned with collecting a lot of studies about Akko. He is offering a modern state-of-the-art picture on which archaeologists, historians and architects still now comparing own work and the new archaeological discoveries. This grant gives a narrative of the main historical maps and views, going through the analysis of the representation codes to identify the most representative architectural organisms of the city.