- ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
- A cura di Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Beyond the “murallicidio”. Accessibility, inclusive reuse and a museum proposal for the Antonellian fortification of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
- Paolo Mellano
- Francesco Paganelli
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.74
Cartagena de Indias, designed from the XVI century onward by Italian military engineer Bautista Antonelli, constitutes a unified territorial device and heritage system. Through neglect and partial demolition (murallicidio) the walls entered UNESCO WHL Building on this historical reconstruction, the paper proposes an integrated valorization strategy grounded in accessibility, inclusion, that see the walls reinterpreted as an open public infrastructure. The project, within an international cooperation program, includes the design of a new museum conceived as memory device, for all. In response to the issues generated by hyper-tourism and the commodification of heritage, the work advances a paradigm shift: from a consumptive mode of visitation to a shared patrimonialization process
- Keywords:
- Fortification,
- Inclusive accessibility,
- Design for heritage reuse,
- hyper-tourism,
- Integrated valorization,
Politecnico di Torino, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1025-8403
Politecnico di Torino, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0001-0516-902X
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Titolo del capitolo
Beyond the “murallicidio”. Accessibility, inclusive reuse and a museum proposal for the Antonellian fortification of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
Autori
Paolo Mellano, Francesco Paganelli
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.74
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion
Sottotitolo del libro
14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November
Curatori
Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
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