Architekt und Architekturhistoriker
Sometimes architecture is discovered rather than sought out. During a stay in Teulada, a small town in southern Sardinia, I came across the local Monumento ai Caduti almost by accident. At first glance, it seemed to be one of those civic memorials that are so deeply embedded in the fabric of Italian towns that they …
Weiterlesen "Architecture of Remembrance: The Monument to the Fallen in Teulada (Sardinia)"
San Pietro di Zuri and the Persistence of Architecture in Sardinia At first sight, San Pietro di Zuri appears almost improbably intact. Its long body of reddish stone, articulated apse, bell structure and rhythmic sequence of blind arches form one of the most distinctive examples of late Romanesque architecture in Sardinia. Yet the church has …
A Question ReopenedDid the Phoenicians really colonize Sardinia? For generations the answer seemed obvious: ancient sources spoke of colonies, modern textbooks repeated the story, and archaeology was read through the lens of conquest. Yet the ground tells a subtler tale. Recent scholarship invites us to rethink not only what the Phoenicians did, but also what …
Luigi Monzo 