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Conference on Susa and the Valley in the Eighteenth Century

Oct. 3, 2026 - Oct. 3, 2026

Susa

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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