The contribution aims to examine the transformations of the urban boundaries of Venice during the XVI century on the basis of the historical cartography, the urban representations and new documentary evidence emerged during the archive research. Some maps produced by the Waterways Office, the government agency which basically oversaw the hydrological welfare of the lagoon, show Venice’s physical transformations, above all for the functional conversion of the Northern margin. The different maps produced by the Office will be analysed, among the others, in relation to Jacopo de Barbari’s bird’s-eye view (1500) and to the “plan” for Venice by Cristoforo Sabbadino (1557). They tell us how the city could be enlarged and transformed, on an ideal level. But in real life, what were the minute dynamics? The records reveal how the Venetian State directed the works and transfers of land ownership, and were gradually forced to modify its own scheme. The reclaimed lots wrenched from the waters were designed to provide new land for urban development, tackling the problems of population growth. However the original plans were adapted: a very extended piece of reclamated land was destined to the hospital of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti. The New Lands never became part of Venice.
L’Altra Venezia: ai margini della città del Rinascimento The Other Venice: at the Boundaries of the Renaissance City
Svalduz Elena
2018
Abstract
The contribution aims to examine the transformations of the urban boundaries of Venice during the XVI century on the basis of the historical cartography, the urban representations and new documentary evidence emerged during the archive research. Some maps produced by the Waterways Office, the government agency which basically oversaw the hydrological welfare of the lagoon, show Venice’s physical transformations, above all for the functional conversion of the Northern margin. The different maps produced by the Office will be analysed, among the others, in relation to Jacopo de Barbari’s bird’s-eye view (1500) and to the “plan” for Venice by Cristoforo Sabbadino (1557). They tell us how the city could be enlarged and transformed, on an ideal level. But in real life, what were the minute dynamics? The records reveal how the Venetian State directed the works and transfers of land ownership, and were gradually forced to modify its own scheme. The reclaimed lots wrenched from the waters were designed to provide new land for urban development, tackling the problems of population growth. However the original plans were adapted: a very extended piece of reclamated land was destined to the hospital of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti. The New Lands never became part of Venice.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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