The buildings that line Piazza Saffi and its layout articulate a complex history of the succession of governments and powers that have profoundly transformed it. This paper analyzes the restorations, architectural and urban transformations that occurred between 1908 and 2024. This time span begins with the removal of the column of the Madonna del Fuoco which had stood at its center since 1639. We analyze the shifts in restoration paradigms resulting from different cultural approaches, politics, and changing theories and laws governing it. We highlight the architectural and urban planning interventions carried out during the twenty years of fascism, and after the postwar period to 2024 on the same buildings that had already been restored during the twenty-year Fascist period.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6984-3650
Titolo del capitolo
Piazza Saffi in Forlì, 1908–2024: architectural and urban planning transformations between restorations, demolitions, and new constructions
Autori
Andrea Savorelli
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.22
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
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1113-0
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-1112-3
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ReUso