An interdisciplinary pedology and architecture research started aiming at identifying, restoring and repaying dignity and value to those we call “agri+cultural” Borbone sites. This investigation deals with the so-called “Fan vineyard”, once at the mountainside of San Leucio (Caserta). Through advanced GIS–based interpretation of original maps and bibliography sources, the “Fan vineyard” has been redrawn in its initial topography, and its running pedo-agronomic and microclimatic features have been gathered. The redrawing of the “Fan vineyard” has been possible thanks to the comparison of historical and actual maps and through the identification of traces still visible in the actual landscape design. The “Fan vineyard” was a paradigm of a cultured and rational view of landscape architecture that, as hinted by its appellation, projected the natural site geomorphology on the emblematic “cult” object of the baroque aristocratic elegance. The “Fan vineyard” also was highly productive, since it flawlessly fitted a hill hollow with volcanic fertile soils (Humic Haploxerands). The “Fan vineyard” plan replicated a fully open fan with 11 ribs, whose pivot overlooked south-east. The optimal combination of soil features with a beneficial microclimate created the prerequisites for a satisfactory grapevine cropping, growing 10000 vines belonging to 10 different varieties.
The missing “Fan vineyard” in San Leucio (Caserta, Italy). An “agri+cultural” heritage of “Two Sicilies” Borbone House
PARENTE R;
2013-01-01
Abstract
An interdisciplinary pedology and architecture research started aiming at identifying, restoring and repaying dignity and value to those we call “agri+cultural” Borbone sites. This investigation deals with the so-called “Fan vineyard”, once at the mountainside of San Leucio (Caserta). Through advanced GIS–based interpretation of original maps and bibliography sources, the “Fan vineyard” has been redrawn in its initial topography, and its running pedo-agronomic and microclimatic features have been gathered. The redrawing of the “Fan vineyard” has been possible thanks to the comparison of historical and actual maps and through the identification of traces still visible in the actual landscape design. The “Fan vineyard” was a paradigm of a cultured and rational view of landscape architecture that, as hinted by its appellation, projected the natural site geomorphology on the emblematic “cult” object of the baroque aristocratic elegance. The “Fan vineyard” also was highly productive, since it flawlessly fitted a hill hollow with volcanic fertile soils (Humic Haploxerands). The “Fan vineyard” plan replicated a fully open fan with 11 ribs, whose pivot overlooked south-east. The optimal combination of soil features with a beneficial microclimate created the prerequisites for a satisfactory grapevine cropping, growing 10000 vines belonging to 10 different varieties.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
