Il catasto Gesualdi (1550) e lo studio del rapporto tra L'Aquila e il contado. Il caso di "Campo di Fossa" nel Quarto di San Giorgio

The descriptive cadastre of L’Aquila produced by Ettore Gesualdo in 1550is a very interesting source for in-depth studies on the relationship between thecity and its territory over the centuries. As is well known, the foundation inthe 13th century involved the inhabitants of the contado in a progressive ur-banisation within the city walls, where the so-called localia, spaces that couldbe built on by those who chose to move there, were delineated. The sixteenth-century cadastral survey will be used to analyse the localia of theQuarto diSan Giorgio; such area, as demonstrated by historical maps, have had diffe-rent dynamics of settlement to the rest of the city. Going deeper intowhathas been reconstructed so far, the information that can be deducedfrom thecadastral source makes it possible to obtain a faithful restitutionof the owners, properties, their location and land use. The data allows to investigate the geo-historical continuity of the links between the extra and intus dimensions evenin the 16th century, following the fiscal and administrative separation betweenthe city and the territory.