Symposium on the theme "Susa and the Valley in the 18th Century: A Golden Age?" — Saturday, October 3, at the "Enrico De' Bartolomei" Civic Library in Susa (Via Palazzo di Città 36, 2nd floor). PROGRAM:
MORNING SESSION: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Welcome address by GERMANO BELLICARDI, President of Segusium; welcome address by the leadership of the Specialization School in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at the Polytechnic University of Turin
Introduction to the proceedings
10:30 AM MARIO CAVARGNA (Segusium)
The Province of Susa in the 18th Century
11:00 AM CHIARA DEVOTI
(Polytechnic University of Turin, Specialization School)
*Cabrei* and land registers: a general overview
11:30 AM LIVIO DEZZANI (Segusium)
The Land Register: a pioneering achievement of the House of Savoy and Susa
12:00 PM ELENA GIANASSO
(Polytechnic University of Turin, Specialization School)
The Church and Convent of San Francesco in Susa:
design and construction in the Susa territory
HISTORICAL BUFFET
18th-CENTURY TASTINGS
Convent Boutique Hotel – Piazza San Francesco 5
AFTERNOON 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
(Politecnico di Torino, Specialization School)
3:00 PM NANNINA SPANÒ, ANDREA LONGHI, CRISTINA CUNEO
Integrated mapping and analysis for understanding the historic landscape
3:30 PM GERARDO BONITO, ENRICO CHIABRANDO, GIORGIA MORABITO,
FEDERICA MORAGLIO, CARLA PASCHETTA
Susa and water: an integrated study
4:00 PM ANNA CAPRA, CARLA CONTI, MATTEO PETROCCO, RAMONA RAVERA,
SAMUELE TROJA
Castles and towers of the Lower Susa Valley.
An analysis of intervisibility relationships between structures in the Late Middle Ages
4:30 PM RICCARDO GIROTTO
(Politecnico di Torino)
Waters and canals in the Cesana Valley
CONCLUDING REMARKS by the SPEAKERS
New avenues for research
Conference organized in collaboration with COORDE
Attendance is open to all interested parties.
However, advance booking by September 30th via email to germanobellicardi@gmail.com is recommended, particularly given the 40-seat limit in the conference hall and the fact that the historical buffet tasting is prepared for 50 people.
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