The Romanesque Geometry of the Frontier: Deciphering the Paleochristian and Medieval Facades of Tuscania and Sutri In the volcanic plateau of northern Lazio, where the ancient region of Tuscia marks the territorial seam between Roman civilization and the Etruscan world it absorbed, two small towns have preserved a density of […]
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The Papal Fortress: Analyzing the Gothic Urbanism and Hydraulic Network of Viterbo’s San Pellegrino District Hidden in the volcanic hills of northern Lazio, 80 kilometres north of Rome, Viterbo’s San Pellegrino quarter preserves one of the most complete Gothic urban landscapes to survive anywhere in Europe. Built largely between the […]
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The Architecture of Erosion: Engineering, Tuff Masonry, and Urban Survival in Pitigliano and Civita di Bagnoregio Along the border between southern Tuscany and northern Lazio, two towns have spent two and a half millennia in negotiation with the volcanic rock that both enables and threatens them. Pitigliano rises from a […]
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