Architecture, Opportunity, and Conflict in Eighteenth-Century Sicily: Rebuilding After Natural Disaster

by Martin Nixon

The catastrophic Sicilian earthquake of 1693 led to the rebuilding of over 60 towns in the island's south-west. The rebuilding extended into the eighteenth century and gave opportunities for the reassertion and the transformation of power relations. Although eight of the towns are now protected by UNESCO, the remarkable architecture resulting from this rebuilding is little known outside Sicily.
This is the first book-length study in English of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463725733
• ISBN13: 9789463725736
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 284 Pages