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The destructive earthquake of August 24, 2016 dramatically changed the face of Amatrice: today the city is a deserted place. What remains of the diversity and richness of a damaged city’s cultural heritage? The recent digital exhibition... more
The destructive earthquake of August 24, 2016 dramatically changed the face of Amatrice: today the city is a deserted place. What remains of the diversity and richness of a damaged city’s cultural heritage? The recent digital exhibition curated by Torlontano, Valerio, Gangemi – Amatrice in Focus. Earthquakes and Photography––Recovering the Past, Planning the Future – has raised questions about the fate of artworks and the recovery of torn contexts. These questions prove to be useful also for the other Mediterranean countries affected by similar catastrophic events, to stimulate a fruitful sharing of experiences.
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In Italy, earthquakes cause the relocation of paintings, statues and ecclesiastical furnishings which are displayed in damaged buildings and churches. The measures put in place as a response to this phenomenon are the result of cultural... more
In Italy, earthquakes cause the relocation of paintings, statues and ecclesiastical furnishings which are displayed in damaged buildings and churches. The measures put in place as a response to this phenomenon are the result of cultural heritage protection policies of different periods. The region Abruzzo, with its history of earthquakes (1703, 1915, 2009) provides an excellent example of the methods and forms of this diaspora. The systematic relocation of works of art effective since 1703 went through a crisis with the earthquake of Marsica in 1915 when the recently established General Directorate of Fine arts and Public Education was put in charge of the protection of monuments and works of art of national interest through philological restoration and collocation within museums. For example, as a result of these policies, the church of Saint Peter of Alba Fucens was restored to its facies of the XIII century through the demolition or the removal of objects which didn't belong ...