Torri nel paesaggio urbano. La ‘turrita’ Forio d’Ischia tra alterazionie possibilità di valorizzazione delle architetture fortificate

• Annamaria Ragosta ^[1]
  1. [1] Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Dipartimento di Architettura, Napoli, Italia
• Localización: FORTMED2023. Defensive architecture of the mediterranean : vol. XIII, XIV, XV / Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua (dir. congr.), Denise Ulivieri (aut.), 2023, ISBN 978-84-1396-129-3, págs. 1291-1298
• Idioma: italiano
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  • The island of Ischia has an articulated system of watchtowers, which in different forms characterises theentire territory. In particular, Forio, a municipality located on the western strip of the island, is calledthe ‘Turrita’ because of the particular concentration of towers built to face the Saracen invasions that,between the end of the XV century and the first half of the XVI century, led to the building of thisdefensive network, organised on two lines, one more internal, the other external.Today, the towers are incorporated in a dense urban framework, the result of speculative phenomena thatin the last decades of the XX century gave rise to cases of unauthorised building. Today, the weave ofthese turreted garrisons is still visible; they are articulated, starting from the port, in the central-westernarea of the municipality, following the gentle slope that defines it.By virtue of the tourist attendance linked to the island’s cultural and geo-historical resources, Forio’sturreted network, as a significant historical-architectural testimony, is potentially the object of concreteenhancement strategies.Therefore, on the basis of studies conducted on the current state of conservation of the fortified landscapeof Forio, the contribution intends to highlight the desirable possibilities of use and management of thedefence system, which - through a profitable interaction between public bodies and private property - aimto increase cultural tourism throughout the island of Ischia.