This paper analyzes the evolution of practices surrounding the "liberation" of monumental heritage in Italy, tracing the shift from the recovery of antiquity to a growing focus on historical stratification and the relationship between the monument and its urban context. The Roman Theatre of Catania serves as a case study to examine the role of Luigi Bernabò Brea in safeguarding Eastern Sicily. The restoration site, active between 1959 and 1971, is reconstructed using archival, photographic and administrative sources, highlighting strategies of expropriation, clearance, structural consolidation and reconstruction. Directed by Italo Gismondi, the intervention illustrates the tension between preservation, material integration, structural requirements and visual restoration, exemplifying 20th-century restoration principles.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0009-4454-0600
Titolo del capitolo
The Ancient Liberated: The Trajectory of Monumental Redemption in Italy and the case of the Roman Theatre of Catania
Autori
Antimo Treviglio
Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.32
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Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 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
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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