La Mura Antiche

5th Nov, 2015

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Conference on the reconstruction of L'Aquila's ancient city wall, 28th October

The conference was held at ANCE L'Aquila. (It is under the umbrella of ANCE - the Associazione Nazionale Costruttori Edili (National Association of Builders) - this is the Provincial Association of Builders of L'Aquila, founded 1945. Its basic purpose is to look after the interests of associated professional contractors, and to promote the progress and development of the construction industry, and the technical and professional qualification of the industry.) The conference was presented by the the main contractors for the reconstruction works of the ancient city wall, with an introductory presentation by Alessandra Vittorini, the Soprintendenza for L'Aquila.

The majority of the conference was dedicated to step by step explanations of the works being undertaken on the wall, and after the initial examples this became quite repetitive. It was interesting to see their methods of reconstruction though, such as dedicated piecing back together of stones as a sort of jigsaw puzzle from the post-quake rubble. There were also some elements of redesign, not necessarily to the wall itself, but one particular instance featured a new walkway alongside the wall to improve walkability in its area.

Vittorini's presentation was particularly interesting for me, probably more so than the rest of the conference. She explained the importance of the wall through historical accounts of the city and illustrated through ancient city maps. She also spoke about the reconstruction work of Beni Culturali more generally, such as their areas of focus (which includes the ancient wall), the stages of reconstruction planned for the historic centre, and the progress to date - which can be seen in the map above, photographed from her slide show.

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