An Invitation to Restore a Masterpiece – Curradi’s “Madonna and Child” for the Convent of Montughi (Florence)
Continue ReadingAn Invitation to Restore a Masterpiece – Curradi’s “Madonna and Child” for the Convent of Montughi (Florence)
Continue ReadingAn Invitation to Restore a Masterpiece – Curradi’s “Madonna and Child” for the Convent of Montughi (Florence)
Continue ReadingAn Invitation to Restore a Masterpiece – Curradi’s “Madonna and Child” for the Convent of Montughi (Florence)
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Castelluccio di Norcia is a unique quaint little village in the hearth of the Monti Sibillini national park. The current residential settlement probably dates back to the XIII century. Castelluccio was a fortress under the rule of the nearby town called Norcia to defend the pastures on
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Every year on the Corpus Domini day, Spello, defined by Julius Caesar as “Splendidissima Colonia Iulia” (literally Magnificent Iulia colony), a charming Umbrian town amongst the most beautiful Medieval borgo in Italy, hosts a wonderful festival called Infiorata. This is a wonderful festival where hundreds of
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The Tuscan or Umbrian farmhouse has changed a good deal since the sixteenth century, due to the environmental context, the agricultural resources available, and the social condition and the ways of life of those who lived there: farmer, sharecropper or small owner. However, traditional farmhouses
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The tile is the basic element of traditional coverage, a harmonious union between beauty and functionality. It is irreplaceable, both for the restoration and for the new architectures. The roof of tiles is part of the Italian architectural tradition: the tiles alternate upside down and
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The historical settlement of agricultural matrix constitutes one of the fundamental components of the traditional Umbrian landscapes. This architectural and urban heritage represents a fundamental testimony of the harmonious relationship between human activity and the environment that characterized the pre-modern world and agricultural economies. It
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"Architecture is the skillful, rigorous and magnificent play of volumes assembled in light." (Le Courbusier) Light, in architecture, plays a very important role. It can discover and rediscover, it can exalt and, with its absence, it can shadow and hide. Light is the means by which we can
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