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Stone Cathedrals: Pietra di Vicenza
quarries. History, present and uses
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Stone Cathedrals: Pietra di Vicenza
quarries. History, present and uses
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WHERE WE ARE
WHERE WE ARE
TYPES OF QUARRIES SUBSURFACE MINE = TUNNEL QUARRY
TYPES OF QUARRIES OPEN PIT MINE = OPEN AIR QUARRY
BERICI HILLS
ANDREA PALLADIO
A DIFFERENT IDEA OF TURISM
ANDREA PALLADIO
ANDREA PALLADIO & THOMAS JEFFERSON
Born: November 30, 1508, Padua, Italy Born: April 13, 1743, Shadwell, VA
Died: August 19, 1580, Maser, Italy Died: July 4, 1826, Monticello, VA
At one point, Palladio, the Italian architect, who died in 1580, chides Jefferson,
the American architect and statesman, who died in 1826, for never traveling to
the Veneto region of Italy…
For Jefferson, who professed that Palladio’s magna opera, “The Four Books on
Architecture,” was his “bible” (he owned five editions of the architectural
treatise), the snub of Palladio’s home turf could appear perplexing. Jefferson
did visit nearby Lombardy, where he was struck by the quality of the rice, as well
as Piedmont, where, according to his travel notes, he appreciated the local
wines.
for Guido Beltramini, director of the Palladio Museum in Vicenza and a curator
of the exhibition, which runs through the end of March, Palladio was solely the
conduit for Jefferson’s vision of a new world built on the twin pillars of reason
and beauty.
Through Jefferson, that idea was to have a profound influence on American
public architecture. So many buildings in the United States, including iconic
constructions like the White House and the Capitol Building, reflect the influence
of Palladio (and the later 18th-century Anglo-Palladian movement) that in 2010
the United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution honoring the 500th
anniversary of Palladio’s birth, recognizing “his tremendous influence” on
American architecture and cultural heritage.
One side of the nickel depicts Monticello, Jefferson’s plantation outside of
Charlottesville, Va., which was inspired by Palladio’s Villa La Rotonda, just
outside of Vicenza.
There’s no better city to immerse oneself in Palladian architecture than Vicenza,
now recognized as a Unesco World Heritage Site. And there is no better place
than the Palladio Museum, housed in Palazzo Barbarano, which was designed
by Palladio and built from 1570 to 1575, to compare the architectural output of
the Veneto architect and the American statesman.
Jefferson’s designs for the 1792 competition of the President’s House, which
Jefferson entered anonymously, are also on display. Had he won, the White
House would have looked like a bigger, modified version of Villa La Rotonda.
The architect James Hoban won the competition,…..THE DIFFERENT GEOLOGICAL ERAS
AND TEMPEATURES
The 4 main ERAS are, from oldest to youngest:
PreCambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Caenozoic.
Periods are a finer subdivision in the geological time scale.
More recently the Pre-Cambrian Era has been subdivided into the Proterozoic, Archean and Hadean Eras.BERICI HILLS OROGRAPHY 50 million years ago • EOCENE • SHALLOW WATERS • VOLCANOS • DEBRIS FROM RIVERS • MARINE SEDIMENTATION • “BIO-CALCARENITI” • LIMESTONE FOSSILS • NUMMULITI • “PIETRA DI NANTO” • “GIALLO DORATO” • “PIETRA DEL MARE” • “GRIGIO ARGENTO” • “GRIGIO ALPI”
BERICI HILLS OROGRAPHY
FOSSILSBERICI HILLS OROGRAPHY 30 million years ago • OLIGOCENE • CORAL REEF • LAGOON • SEDIMENTATION • CALCAREOUS SEA WEED • BRYOZOA • BRACHIOPODA • CORALS CRASHING • “WHITE VICENZA STONE” • “BIANCO AVORIO”
COLLI BERICI GEOLOGY STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION “PRIABONIANO” • NATURAL SEDIMENTATION • CORAL REEF • VOLCANOS • TIDE CHANNELS • 6 MILLION YEARS AGO • EMERSION • EROSION • KARSTING
STONE FORMATION
MATERIALS Bianco Avorio
MATERIALS Giallo Dorato
MATERIALS Pietra del Mare
MATERIALS Grigio Argento
MATERIALS GrigioAlpi
BERICI HILLS GEOLOGY CLIFF IN LUMIGNANO (LONGARE, VICENZA)
BERICI HILLS GEOLOGY BERICI HILLS MAX. HEIGT 445 MT (1460 FT.) UPLAND AND VALLEY: “VAL LIONA” “VAL DEL GAZZO” “VALLE DEL CALTO” “VALLE DI S.AGOSTINO” LE PALU’ “SCARANTI” DOLINE FLAT LAND FIMON LAKE
QUARRYING IN HISTORY • “ROMANI” • “COSTOZZA” • “SENGIO” • “PRIARA” • “BOCCA DI CAVA” • “PICCHETTO” • “CANALE” • “PENDOLE” • “TIRADA” = firt block pulled out • “CANFIN” • “BINDA” = tool to lift the block • “BORA” = stone on the right
QUARRYING IN THE HISTORY “Sengio”: emerging limestone rock wall
QUARRYING IN THE HISTORY • Chisels and wedges marks
QUARRYING IN THE HISTORY • Tunnels digging • Stones too hard are left on site • Broken stone left on site • Irregular tunnels, small and jagged pillars • Chisel marks and signatures
THE TRIP DOWN TO THE VALLEY • 4 TO 16 OXEN WAGONS • WINCH • “LIZZATURA”= transportation of large blocks of stone from a quarry on large sleds • LOADING • LEVER , SUPPORTS • “BINDA” (JACK)
THE PATH TO THE VALLEY WAGON DRAWING BY OXEN WAGON TRACKS ON LIMESTONE STREET
BOOKS ABOUT THE QUARRIES • TORINO 1884 • MONOGRAPHY ON “VICENZA STONE” • NATURAL STONE OF VICENZA REGION
BOOKS ABOUT THE QUARRIES AUTHOR: R. FABIANI YEAR: 1926 50 QUARRY NR. 334 EMPLOEES
HISTORICAL PROJECT REFERENCES
HISTORICAL PROJECT REFERENCES
SMALL WORKSHOPS FAMILY RUN BUSINNES • HAND MADE ELEMENTS • BUCKSAW • BUSHHAMMER • RASP • GRAVER • SHELL AND GOUGE BIT • SCALPEL • “PICCHETTI” HACK • COMPASS • DRILL • MALLET
EARLY QUARRYING TOOLS
CUTTING MACHINE FOR SPECIAL BRICKS CALLED
CIRCULAR SAW “BOLOGNINI “EARLY QUARRING TOOLS ELECTRICAL WINCH MANUAL WINCH
FAMILY-OWNED QUARRIES
6 QUARRIESFAMILY-OWNED QUARRIES
UNDERGROUND QUARRIES
AUTHORIZATION
1) REGION
2) MUNICIPALITY
3) ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONGRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES
UNDERGROUND QUARRIESGRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES
SILENT CATHEDRALSGRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES
CHAIN CUTTING MACHINESGRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES CHAINSAW FOR PAVEMENT CUTTING
GRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES
POWER SUPPLY
VENTILATION SYSTEM
LOW ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STABLE ANALISYS
WATER DRAIN SYSTEM
SECURITY EXITSGRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES
GRASSI PIETRE QUARRIES
BLOCKS LOADINGWHEN A QUARRY RUNS OUT?
ABANDONED QUARRIES STORAGE PLACES TUNNEL DETAILS
QUARRY REUSE • CONSTANT UMIDITY • CONSTANT TEMPERATURE • NO LIGHT => MUSHROOMS CULTIVATION
QUARRY REUSE SHOOTING FOR FABBIAN ILLUMINAZIONE
QUARRY REUSE SHOOTING FOR “DIKE” SAFETY CLOTHING
QUARRY REUSE CONCERTS AND EVENTS
QUARRY REUSE SPELEOLOGY VENTURE
QUARRY REUSE
WINE CELLARSQUARRY REUSE COMMON SPACES
QUARRY REUSE “LA SENGIA / CAVA CICE” MUSEUM IN ZOVENCEDO
QUARRY REUSE GRASSI PIETRE MUSEUM
QUARRY REUSE GRASSI PIETRE MUSEM
QUARRY REUSE A NEW CONVIVIALITY?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
◼ A. Palladio, “Quattro libri dell’architettura” , Venezia 1570, Edizione anastatica Hoepli, Milano 1976
◼ V. Scamozzi, “ L’idea dell’architettura universale”, Venezia 1615, Arnolfo Forni, Bologna 1982.
◼ G. Dal Monte, “Monografia Litologica Vicentina” Tip. Longo, Vicenza , 1884.
◼ R. Fabiani, “Le risorse del sottosuolo della Provincia di Vicenza, Industria della Stampa, Vicenza,
1930.
◼ E. Reato et al. “ Costozza” Territorio immagini e civiltà nella storia della Riviera Berica Superiore,
Cassa Rurale di Costozza, Grafica Stocchero, Vicenza 1983.
◼ G. Segato, “Nantopietra” , Panda Edizioni, Ital graf , Noventa Padovana, 1988.
◼ AA.VV. “Il bacino estrattivo dei Colli Berici” a cura della Regione Veneto, Giunta Regionale,
Venezia 1999.
◼ AA.VV. “ Colli Berici, Itinerari tra natura e cultura” Edizioni Papergraf , Piazzola sul Brenta, (PD) 2000.
◼ P. Cornale e P. Rosanò, “Le Pietre Tenere del Vicentino” Padova.
◼ AA.VV. “ Prima mostra della Pietra di Vicenza ” , a cura dell’Ente Fiera di Vicenza, Neri Pozza Editore
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