The study examines the historical-cultural values of the infrastructure for water supply, through case analyses based on archival documents. The materials consulted include drawings, technical reports, administrative deliberations, and occasionally videos and documentaries from the second half of the 20th century. In the Italian countryside, human relationships with water are marked by fountains, drinking troughs and wash houses: important places for community water supply and social aggregation. A specific example of such cases is the Fonte Vecchia (“Old Spring”) and public lavatoio (wash house) in the Massignano municipality of the region of Marche. Both the water supply and wash-house are situated along a local road known as “delle Fontane”. The font “Strade, Acque e Fabbriche” (1768-1939) in the municipal historical archives, supplies documentary evidence about the history of both buildings. It results that both were constructed in the 19th nineteenth century, in conjunction with the creation of an aqueduct that provided improved supply to the entire village, at very significant economic expense. Documentary videos of local traditions, produced in the second half of the 20th century, provide further evidence of the anthropological value of these structures in the community, to the present day.
Il contributo vuole far emergere, attraverso l’analisi di casi concreti, il valore storico-culturale dei sistemi d’utilizzo dell’acqua, espresso dai documenti d’archivio (disegni, perizie tecniche, delibere) e, talvolta, da video e documentari del secondo novecento. Nel paesaggio rurale, il rapporto tra l’uomo e l’acqua è segnato da fontane, abbeveratoi e lavatoi: luogo di approvvigionamento ma anche d’incontro e di aggregazione di una comunità. In tal senso, la Fonte Vecchia e il pubblico lavatoio del comune di Massignano (AP), site lungo la strada comunale detta delle Fontane rappresentano un caso particolare. Il fondo Strade, Acque e Fabbriche (1768-1939) dell’archivio storico comunale documenta la storia dei due fabbricati, costruiti nel XIX secolo, mentre si stava cercando, con grandi sforzi economici, di realizzare un acquedotto che consentisse di servire più comodamente l’incasato compreso all’interno del borgo. Alcuni video del secondo novecento, legati al ricordo delle tradizioni, testimoniano contemporaneamente, il valore antropologico che gli stessi continuano a ricoprire nella comunità.
Le fabbriche dell’acqua: fonti d’archivio nei percorsi conservativi del paesaggio rurale marchigiano / Pancaldi, Carla. - ELETTRONICO. - Tomo I:(2016), pp. 863-871. (Intervento presentato al convegno Delli Aspetti de Paesi Vecchi e nuovi Media per l’Immagine del Paesaggio. Old and New Media for the Image of the Landscape tenutosi a Napoli nel 27-29 ottobre 2016).
Le fabbriche dell’acqua: fonti d’archivio nei percorsi conservativi del paesaggio rurale marchigiano.
PANCALDI, CARLA
2016
Abstract
The study examines the historical-cultural values of the infrastructure for water supply, through case analyses based on archival documents. The materials consulted include drawings, technical reports, administrative deliberations, and occasionally videos and documentaries from the second half of the 20th century. In the Italian countryside, human relationships with water are marked by fountains, drinking troughs and wash houses: important places for community water supply and social aggregation. A specific example of such cases is the Fonte Vecchia (“Old Spring”) and public lavatoio (wash house) in the Massignano municipality of the region of Marche. Both the water supply and wash-house are situated along a local road known as “delle Fontane”. The font “Strade, Acque e Fabbriche” (1768-1939) in the municipal historical archives, supplies documentary evidence about the history of both buildings. It results that both were constructed in the 19th nineteenth century, in conjunction with the creation of an aqueduct that provided improved supply to the entire village, at very significant economic expense. Documentary videos of local traditions, produced in the second half of the 20th century, provide further evidence of the anthropological value of these structures in the community, to the present day.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.