Levels of the sacred space in the Aragonese Castle of Ischia

Saverio D'Auria

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-227-4

Levels of the sacred space in the Aragonese Castle of Ischia: the Cathedral of the Assumption and its crypt.

Authors

Saverio D'Auria

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3045-536X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-227-4

Keywords:

Digital survey, Angevin religious architecture, Constructive analysis

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: UrbsHistoriaeImago: Storia e immagine dei territori, dei centri urbani e delle architetture

Pages: 227

Language: Italian/English

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/urn:nbn:it:unina-30032

Abstract: The Cathedral of the Assumption and the underlying crypt of Saint Peter represent an emblematic architectural episode housed in the Aragonese Castle of Ischia. The disproportionate size of the sacred building compared to the urban surrounding was the result of the Angevin commission. At the beginning of the fourteenth century the royal family identified in that building an important propagandist element. The ancient magnificence of the Cathedral can be found today despite its preservation in the state of ruins. Starting from the systematic survey of the crypt-church organism and intersecting the results with those obtained from the bibliography, archive sources and historical photographs, the main objective of the research presented in this volume was to define and test a methodology that The main objective of the research presented in this volume was to define and test a methodology that would lead to the digital reconstruction of the main construction phases of the Cathedral. The work confirms how complex it is to investigate the history of ancient buildings and how hard it is to arrive, with scientific certainty, even just a small novelty.

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Author Biography

Saverio D'Auria, University of Naples Federico II

Building engineer and architect, PhD and researcher of Drawing at the Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering of the University of Naples Federico II. He is professor in the Scientific Disciplinary Sector ICAR/17, mainly of Architectural Survey. It focuses its research activity on the definition of investigation methodologies based on digital survey aimed at critical reading of the proper forms of the engineering and architecture buildings; a particular field of research concerns historical buildings and cultural heritage of which it analyzes the constructive transformations over time and develops strategies for their better physical and cultural accessibility. He is author of papers in national and international journals and participates as a speaker at conferences.