Paolazzo: un acquedotto a tre strati - OPERA IPOGEA 1-2 / 2020, 2020
Paolazzo aqueduct, from its realization to today, passed trough at least three time steps. In thi... more Paolazzo aqueduct, from its realization to today, passed trough at least three time steps. In this rather long time interval this aqueduct underwent partial and/or heavy modifications, to the path and modality of wather conduction, from free flow to under pressure. This work presents the findings noted in the first part of the aqueduct, still in operation after modifications performed in 1930. More interesting is the documentation collected on the area below, left to rather complete neglection where the track of the oldest aqueduct runs along the walls of ravines to get to until now just assumed users. From the specific local explorations, carried out with speleological techniques too, it emerges, moreover, a remarkable concentration of ancient evidences consisting of splinters of antique pottery and rock-cut works, studied by specialists since 1900. We found and explored what’s left of the aqueduct and reconstructed the route in detail. Despite the fragmentary data, we tried to perform an analysis of the water system, through the structures established and defined and with the support of observations and indications which may serve to validate the assumptions.
Gli antichi acquedotti di Siracusa - OPERA IPOGEA - 2/2018, 2018
This article reports the results of the study and surveys carried out in some of the main ancient... more This article reports the results of the study and surveys carried out in some of the main ancient hydraulic systems in Syracuse focusing on the aqueducts that fed the town and, in some cases, continue feeding it up to now. New data extend the knowledge on the water distribution network within the urban perimeter, for example the findings and exploration of some branches which, however, have not been unproved yet. Other data, added and compared with the results of previous studies, give further information on the building techniques of access wells and tunnels. In fact some explorations and surveys have enabled researchers to find out and prove technical aspects that were unknown or had been wrongly reported. Moreover, the authors, taking into account these surveys, aim at proving the current conditions of the explored constructions by integrating them with the data they have. They point out that, outside the urban center, these aqueducts largely maintain their original structure, while, over the centuries, the internal distribution network has undergone human alterations due to their partial use. In fact in the districts of Neapolis and Acradina some sections of the ancient aqueducts were transformed into corridors or excavated paths to build catacombs or other types of artificial cavities. Elsewhere, inside the town, some constructions have almost always been hidden or destroyed by urban works.
Paolazzo: un acquedotto a tre strati - OPERA IPOGEA 1-2 / 2020, 2020
Paolazzo aqueduct, from its realization to today, passed trough at least three time steps. In thi... more Paolazzo aqueduct, from its realization to today, passed trough at least three time steps. In this rather long time interval this aqueduct underwent partial and/or heavy modifications, to the path and modality of wather conduction, from free flow to under pressure. This work presents the findings noted in the first part of the aqueduct, still in operation after modifications performed in 1930. More interesting is the documentation collected on the area below, left to rather complete neglection where the track of the oldest aqueduct runs along the walls of ravines to get to until now just assumed users. From the specific local explorations, carried out with speleological techniques too, it emerges, moreover, a remarkable concentration of ancient evidences consisting of splinters of antique pottery and rock-cut works, studied by specialists since 1900. We found and explored what’s left of the aqueduct and reconstructed the route in detail. Despite the fragmentary data, we tried to perform an analysis of the water system, through the structures established and defined and with the support of observations and indications which may serve to validate the assumptions.
Gli antichi acquedotti di Siracusa - OPERA IPOGEA - 2/2018, 2018
This article reports the results of the study and surveys carried out in some of the main ancient... more This article reports the results of the study and surveys carried out in some of the main ancient hydraulic systems in Syracuse focusing on the aqueducts that fed the town and, in some cases, continue feeding it up to now. New data extend the knowledge on the water distribution network within the urban perimeter, for example the findings and exploration of some branches which, however, have not been unproved yet. Other data, added and compared with the results of previous studies, give further information on the building techniques of access wells and tunnels. In fact some explorations and surveys have enabled researchers to find out and prove technical aspects that were unknown or had been wrongly reported. Moreover, the authors, taking into account these surveys, aim at proving the current conditions of the explored constructions by integrating them with the data they have. They point out that, outside the urban center, these aqueducts largely maintain their original structure, while, over the centuries, the internal distribution network has undergone human alterations due to their partial use. In fact in the districts of Neapolis and Acradina some sections of the ancient aqueducts were transformed into corridors or excavated paths to build catacombs or other types of artificial cavities. Elsewhere, inside the town, some constructions have almost always been hidden or destroyed by urban works.
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aqueduct underwent partial and/or heavy modifications, to the path and modality of wather conduction, from free flow to
under pressure. This work presents the findings noted in the first part of the aqueduct, still in operation after modifications
performed in 1930. More interesting is the documentation collected on the area below, left to rather complete neglection
where the track of the oldest aqueduct runs along the walls of ravines to get to until now just assumed users. From the
specific local explorations, carried out with speleological techniques too, it emerges, moreover, a remarkable concentration
of ancient evidences consisting of splinters of antique pottery and rock-cut works, studied by specialists since 1900.
We found and explored what’s left of the aqueduct and reconstructed the route in detail. Despite the fragmentary data, we
tried to perform an analysis of the water system, through the structures established and defined and with the support of
observations and indications which may serve to validate the assumptions.
focusing on the aqueducts that fed the town and, in some cases, continue feeding it up to now. New data extend the
knowledge on the water distribution network within the urban perimeter, for example the findings and exploration of some
branches which, however, have not been unproved yet. Other data, added and compared with the results of previous studies,
give further information on the building techniques of access wells and tunnels. In fact some explorations and surveys
have enabled researchers to find out and prove technical aspects that were unknown or had been wrongly reported.
Moreover, the authors, taking into account these surveys, aim at proving the current conditions of the explored constructions
by integrating them with the data they have. They point out that, outside the urban center, these aqueducts largely
maintain their original structure, while, over the centuries, the internal distribution network has undergone human alterations
due to their partial use. In fact in the districts of Neapolis and Acradina some sections of the ancient aqueducts were
transformed into corridors or excavated paths to build catacombs or other types of artificial cavities. Elsewhere, inside the
town, some constructions have almost always been hidden or destroyed by urban works.
aqueduct underwent partial and/or heavy modifications, to the path and modality of wather conduction, from free flow to
under pressure. This work presents the findings noted in the first part of the aqueduct, still in operation after modifications
performed in 1930. More interesting is the documentation collected on the area below, left to rather complete neglection
where the track of the oldest aqueduct runs along the walls of ravines to get to until now just assumed users. From the
specific local explorations, carried out with speleological techniques too, it emerges, moreover, a remarkable concentration
of ancient evidences consisting of splinters of antique pottery and rock-cut works, studied by specialists since 1900.
We found and explored what’s left of the aqueduct and reconstructed the route in detail. Despite the fragmentary data, we
tried to perform an analysis of the water system, through the structures established and defined and with the support of
observations and indications which may serve to validate the assumptions.
focusing on the aqueducts that fed the town and, in some cases, continue feeding it up to now. New data extend the
knowledge on the water distribution network within the urban perimeter, for example the findings and exploration of some
branches which, however, have not been unproved yet. Other data, added and compared with the results of previous studies,
give further information on the building techniques of access wells and tunnels. In fact some explorations and surveys
have enabled researchers to find out and prove technical aspects that were unknown or had been wrongly reported.
Moreover, the authors, taking into account these surveys, aim at proving the current conditions of the explored constructions
by integrating them with the data they have. They point out that, outside the urban center, these aqueducts largely
maintain their original structure, while, over the centuries, the internal distribution network has undergone human alterations
due to their partial use. In fact in the districts of Neapolis and Acradina some sections of the ancient aqueducts were
transformed into corridors or excavated paths to build catacombs or other types of artificial cavities. Elsewhere, inside the
town, some constructions have almost always been hidden or destroyed by urban works.