History and memory in the recycling process of the monastery of San Cosimato in Mica Aurea, Trastevere, Italy (from today back to 16th century),

We propose to produce a regressive study (from present to past) of the Presidio ‘Nuovo Ospedale Regina Margherita’ inaugurated on the remains of the Benedictine complex installed in the early Middle Ages, likely over a pre-existing monastic institution of the f ifth or sixth centuries. The first section will place the hospital and its religious architectural origins in the urban and town-planning evolution of the Trastevere district, starting from the redevelopment of Piazza San Cosimato in 2009 back to the 16th century, thanks  to the study of historical cartography. The second section will focus on the reconstruction of the material history, tracing the recycling, remodelling, destruction and reconstruction of the various secular (public hospital, hospice, part in cinema) and monastic phases from the Benedictines to the Clarissans circa 8th century to the 19th century. The third section describes the current perception of the area, reconstructing the material history and memory which characterise the space.