A preliminar version of this contribution was published in Greek at the International Congress Νεές πόλεις πάνο σε παλιές, organized in Rhodes in 1993 by ICOMOS and the Dodecanese Ephorates. A syntesis was then published also by M. Livadiotti in Livadiotti, Rocco 1996, pp. 86-91. In the 1934 town plan for Kos, the considerable amount of free area corresponding to the archaeological zones excavated by Italian archaeologists is striking. Archival documents show that this peculiarity is the result of a deliberate project and that it is connected with Mario Lago, the Governor of Dodecanese since 1923, who was so deeply interested in classical culture to collaborate with Alessandro Della Seta, Federico Halbherr, Enrico Paribeni, Amedeo Maiuri, Giulio Iacopi and Luciano Laurenzi, to promoting with them in 1928 the foundation of the “Archaeological-Historical Institute FERT” at Rhodes. In 1933 Kos was almost totally devastated by a disastrous earthquake and the Italian government charged the architect R. Petracco with elaborating a new town plan; before the plan was drawn up, Lago agreed with Della Seta in charging Laurenzi with carrying out an archaeological survey and sondages throughout the city in order to identify the most promising areas for future investigations. So, eight large zones were set aside for the creation of as many archaeological parks. Oddly enough, therefore, an Archaeological Service was given a decision preceding a town plan and the new Kos was planned along unusual lines that can be identified in the idea of the “archaeological city”. The plan turned out to be an avant-garde model from the point of view of conservation, even compared with what was taking place at the same time in Italy, where there was an active debate on the problem and the relative legislation was very progressive for the period. The case of Kos has a significant precedent at Rhodes in the Twenties in the episode of the protection of the Moslem and Jewish cemeteries and a creation of a protective band around the walled city. In that story, as documents can demonstrate, Maiuri’s role is not to be underestimated: in fact the archaeologist was really sensitive to the new concerns of restoration and in 1931 participated in Athens, with Della Seta, Pernier, Pace, Iacopi, to the International Conference on Restoration, giving an active contribution to the discussion.

Una versione preliminare di questo testo e stato presentato in lingua greca al Congresso Internazionale di Rodi Νεές πόλεις πάνο σε παλιές (Citta nuove su citta antiche), organizzato tra il 27 e il 30 settembre 1993 dalla sezione greca dell’ICOMOS e dalle Eforie preistorico-classica e bizantina del Dodecaneso; una sintesi ne e stata poi pubblicata da M. Livadiotti in Livadiotti, Rocco 1996, pp. 86-91. Nel piano regolatore di Kos del 1934 colpisce il considerevole quantitativo di aree libere che corrispondono alle zone archeologiche scavate dagli archeologi italiani. Documenti di archivio dimostrano che tale peculiarità e il frutto di un progetto consapevole, connesso con la figura di Mario Lago, Governatore del Dodecaneso dal 1923, cosi profondamente interessato alla cultura classica da promuovere, assieme ad Alessandro Della Seta, Federico Halbherr, Enrico Paribeni, Amedeo Maiuri, Giulio Iacopi e Luciano Laurenzi, la fondazione dell’Istituto Storico-Archeologico FERT di Rodi, nel 1928. Nel 1933 Kos fu gravemente distrutta da un terremoto e il Governo italiano incaricò l’architetto R. Petracco di elaborare un nuovo Piano Regolatore per la ricostruzione; prima che questo fosse completato, Lago, in accordo con Della Seta, diede incarico a Laurenzi di compiere sondaggi al fine di identificare le aree più promettenti, da non edificare e da riservare per le future indagini archeologiche. In questo modo, nel Piano vennero risparmiate otto vaste zone per la creazione di altrettanti parchi archeologici. Singolarmente, quindi, un Servizio Archeologico fu investito di ruolo decisionale nell’elaborazione di un Piano Regolatore e Kos venne costruita sulla base di un criterio generale identificabile nell’idea di “città archeologica”. La pianta risulto essere un modello all’avanguardia dal punto di vista della conservazione, anche in confronto con quanto si andava facendo in quegli anni in Italia, dove pure ferveva il dibattito sul tema e la legislazione in materia era, per il periodo, decisamente avanzata. Il caso di Kos trova un significativo precedente nella vicenda della protezione dei cimiteri turchi ed ebraici della Rodi degli anni Venti. In quella storia il ruolo di Maiuri non dev’essere sottostimato: infatti, lo studioso era molto sensibile ai problemi del resturo inteso come conservazione, come dimostra la sua attiva partecipazione, nel 1931, insieme a Della Seta, Pernier, Pace e Iacopi, alla Conferenza Internazionale sul Restauro di Atene.

Il piano regolatore di Kos del 1934: un progetto di città archeologica / Livadiotti, Monica; Rocco, Giorgio. - In: THIASOS. - ISSN 2279-7297. - 1:(2012), pp. 3-18.

Il piano regolatore di Kos del 1934: un progetto di città archeologica

LIVADIOTTI, Monica;ROCCO, Giorgio
2012-01-01

Abstract

A preliminar version of this contribution was published in Greek at the International Congress Νεές πόλεις πάνο σε παλιές, organized in Rhodes in 1993 by ICOMOS and the Dodecanese Ephorates. A syntesis was then published also by M. Livadiotti in Livadiotti, Rocco 1996, pp. 86-91. In the 1934 town plan for Kos, the considerable amount of free area corresponding to the archaeological zones excavated by Italian archaeologists is striking. Archival documents show that this peculiarity is the result of a deliberate project and that it is connected with Mario Lago, the Governor of Dodecanese since 1923, who was so deeply interested in classical culture to collaborate with Alessandro Della Seta, Federico Halbherr, Enrico Paribeni, Amedeo Maiuri, Giulio Iacopi and Luciano Laurenzi, to promoting with them in 1928 the foundation of the “Archaeological-Historical Institute FERT” at Rhodes. In 1933 Kos was almost totally devastated by a disastrous earthquake and the Italian government charged the architect R. Petracco with elaborating a new town plan; before the plan was drawn up, Lago agreed with Della Seta in charging Laurenzi with carrying out an archaeological survey and sondages throughout the city in order to identify the most promising areas for future investigations. So, eight large zones were set aside for the creation of as many archaeological parks. Oddly enough, therefore, an Archaeological Service was given a decision preceding a town plan and the new Kos was planned along unusual lines that can be identified in the idea of the “archaeological city”. The plan turned out to be an avant-garde model from the point of view of conservation, even compared with what was taking place at the same time in Italy, where there was an active debate on the problem and the relative legislation was very progressive for the period. The case of Kos has a significant precedent at Rhodes in the Twenties in the episode of the protection of the Moslem and Jewish cemeteries and a creation of a protective band around the walled city. In that story, as documents can demonstrate, Maiuri’s role is not to be underestimated: in fact the archaeologist was really sensitive to the new concerns of restoration and in 1931 participated in Athens, with Della Seta, Pernier, Pace, Iacopi, to the International Conference on Restoration, giving an active contribution to the discussion.
2012
Il piano regolatore di Kos del 1934: un progetto di città archeologica / Livadiotti, Monica; Rocco, Giorgio. - In: THIASOS. - ISSN 2279-7297. - 1:(2012), pp. 3-18.
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