11-16 of September, Tàbor

Tàbor, 11-16 September 2019

I.P.S.S.A.R. Paolo Borsellino "Palermo"

INDEX

1. Castello di Mareedolce e il giardino di Ruggero II: Palermo 2. Il bagno della regina (Acquasanta): Palermo 3. Stabilimento Balneare Charleston: Palermo 4. Castello Marchesi: Palermo 5. Palazzo della Zisa: Palermo 6. Castello Medievale - Serbatoio comunale "Itria": Agrigento7. Castello Pietra d'Amico - Alessandria dell Rocca: Agrigento 8. Il Fortino di Mazzallakkar nel territorio di Sambuca di Sicilia: Agrigento 9. Via Archi e l'acquedotto "Chiaramontano": Trapani 10. Il forte del Santissimo Salvatore: Messina 11. Il castello di Lombardia: Enna 12. Qana't Arabi e vie d'acqua sotteranee della Sicilia Araba: Catania

PALERMO

CASTLE OF MAREDOLCE AND THE GARDEN OF KING ROGER II

The castle of Maredolce is a Palermo building. It was built in 1071. The palace, at the behest of Roger II, Norman king, was surrounded by an artificial lake, which encircled it on three sides, and was immersed in a large park, where Roger II delighted in hunting. The basin, which had an island of about two hectares in the center, was obtained thanks to a dam composed of blocks of tuff, which interrupted the course of the water from Mount Grifone. In the sixteenth century the spring dried up, and the fish market became a fertile agricultural area, still existing today.

PALERMO

THE BATH OF THE QUEEN (ACQUASANTA)

The "Bagno della Regina", at the Acquasanta district, is an environment with an artificial pool. It is a sea cave whose ceiling still exudes abundant mineral water. The word Regina is attributed to the special local devotion to the Immaculate Conception "in the Palermo district of Acquasanta, constant over time. The small church of the Madonna of the Acquasanta, which already in 1400 stood by the sea and where, according to Villabianca, a sacred image had been found and venerated in 1022.

PALERMO

CHARLESTON FACTORY IN mONDELLO

It was built in 1933 by the architect Rudolf Stualker, who designed the unit on pylons immersed in the water. The realization was entrusted to the enterprise of Giovanni Rutelli, son of the famous sculptor Mario Rutelli, who managed to build a building resistant to the corrosive action of water and salt. The structure was decorated with volutes, friezes, sculptures, stained-glass windows and bright colors, so as to be elegant as well as functional for bathers. The building, unique in its kind, represents one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau architectural works in Europe.During the Second World War, the lodge was used as headquarters, first by the fascists and the German army, and then by the allied forces. Nowadays, the lodge houses the prestigious restaurant "Alle Terrazze".

PALERMO

MARCHESI PALACE

Built in the late fifteenth century, it is part of the historic buildings of the city of Palermo. From the early period of the building only the patio and the tower remain. Inside there is the testimony of very ancient places like the Miqweh, the ancient Jewish bath, in which still flows the spring water of the Kemonia river, in which the Jews immersed themselves for purification rites. In the basements, eight meters deep, also the ancient cistern used by the nobles as a chamber of the scirocco. The Palace, today a deposit of about four hundred thousand volumes of the Municipal Library, is open to the public only for exceptional events.

PALERMO

zisa

"Aziz", in Arabic language "noble and powerful", was built in 1164 by the Normans in Palermo. Contemporary studies have defined the Zisa "a wonderful bioclimatic machine", to be inspired to design sustainable cities. A sustainable model of air conditioning with use of renewable energy was created. Five main factors for natural ventilation inside the castle: The large swimming pool in the front garden; the fountain on the ground floor; the two ventilation chimneys; the large damp sheets hanging from the ceilings of the rooms on the upper floors; continuous recycling of water, from the roof to the fish pond. The natural ventilation system of the Zisa castle is an extraordinary example of sustainable air conditioning, which uses only the sea breeze and water. For this reason, it is defined as an ante litteram high energy efficiency building.

AGRIGENTO

MEDIEVAL CASTLE -"ITRIA" CoMUNAL TANK

In Arab times (827 - 1091), a stronghold for maritime and territorial control was built in the highest part of the hill. The remains of the medieval castle, later transformed into a prison between 1556 and 1865, are currently used as the municipal tank known as "Itria". At the end of the 1800s, to guarantee the water supply to the city, the political class of the time was concerned to build an aqueduct that would bring water from the Racalmari spring to the cistern inside the prison courtyard. In the following years the castle was partly demolished to make room for a new and larger water tank from the Voltano area.

AGRIGENTO

CASTLE PIETRA D'AMICO - ALESSANDRIA DELLA ROCCA

The Castle stands on the banks of Lake Castello, near a dam. It was built on top of a limestone boulder. Today only a few ruins remain of the building. Almost surely already in the Byzantine period there was a castle, built to defend the territory from enemy incursions, as evidenced by the findings in the area of various tools. The finds were brought to light during the construction of the dam and testify to the presence of a settlement that was defended by the castle. Analyzing the few remains that remained, scholars placed the building among the fortresses built in the late Middle Ages.

AGRIGENTO

MAZZALLAKKAR'S FORTINO IN THE TERRITORY OF SAMBUCA DI SICILIA

Near the Lake Arancio, you can find the ruins of a fort built by the Arabs and called "Fortino di Mazzallakkar". It is located in the area of the Mills, so called due to the presence of several working mills thanks to the waters of Rincione, between the Castellazzo hill and the Cellaro Tower.Probably it was an outpost to defend the territory around the castle of Zabut.

TRAPANI

ARCHI STREET AND THE "CHIARAMONTANO" AQUEDUCT

Trapani in the Middle Ages was a cosmopolitan city. The Chiaramonte family, one of the most important in Sicily, moved to Trapani because they had their business here. We owe to the Chiaramonte the construction of the aqueduct, called "chiaramontano", which brought water from Erice to Trapani to Piazza Saturno. In 1342 the Chiaramonte family had built the aqueduct that brought drinking water from a spring located in their property near Erice, then called Chiaramonta (now Chiaramosta). On this occasion the Senate celebrated the event with the construction of the fountain.

MESSINA

THE FORT OF THE HOLY SALVATORE

The Forte del Santissimo Salvatore is a fortress at the entrance to the port of Messina. It rises on the narrow peninsula of San Raineri which with its characteristic sickle shape characterizes the great natural port of Messina. Later the Fort San Salvatore became the seat of the naval base.

ENNA

THE CASTLE OF LOMBARDY

Around 1200 the Castello di Lombardia underwent an important renovation by Riccardo da Lentini who raised 20 towers to reinforce the walls. It is during these years that the Castello di Lombardia reaches the peak of its strategic importance. After the advent of the Bourbons, he later brought the castle to a period of decline that saw it transformed into a prison from which it was impossible to escape. The ancient dungeons of the Castle where the prisoners were locked up were transformed into collection tanks for the distribution of running water coming from the Enna Bassa Aqueduct.

CATANIA

QANA'T ARABI AND THE UNDERGROUND STREETS OF ARAB SICILY

They are underground galleries of medieval times. An ancient Arab water transport system used to provide a reliable source of water supply for human settlements, for irrigation in hot or dry environments. They were originally developed in ancient Persia.

Searches: Andrea Greco Beulah Srikanthakumar Alessio Brusca Valerio Riccobono Benedetto Brunelli Cristian RizzoTeachers: Cettina Catalano Elisa Signorino Teresa PedoneAssembly and design: Cettina Catalano Andrea Greco