ARCHAEOLOGY
Genoa - Surprise, dykes 800
Recognized the walls of the shelter opened in the '600 Blessed Centurion Bracelli
A Brignole resurface the banks of a convent and Bisagno
'E' a castle? But yes, it could be ... loopholes that looks perfect with the setting of marble and the way to the soldiers with brick Voltino ...».
people busy pace slows, stops in the gardens of the Aquarium, some salt rung of the ladder leading to the "caterpillar" and admires from an archaeological excavation that exposes a large mysterious object. Really refers to the suggestion of a fortress, in fact, the experts of the Archaeological Superintendence of Liguria, a few days after questionable, by comparing historical data, have deciphered: these are the walls of the embankment Bisagno, a hydraulic structure is very impressive, well stored in the material and architecture, and never emerged from the excavations was a work with these characteristics. Not far away, in the square where it flows via Brignole Serra, which was opened in a subway construction site, here is the Brignoline convent dating back to 1600, founded by the Blessed Virginia Centurione Bracelli who was born not far from there, in 'Current San Vincenzo. They appeared some two walls of the monastery buildings, separated by a narrow road with the typical risseu almost intact, with the cobbled stones of the river and sea, as if to rebuild (ideally) the movement inside the convent, bisected by a courtyard.
short intense period of Superintendence for archaeologists led by Piera Melli: The city confirms that not only the historical center findings known to be generous, but also the area adjacent to the river was great, even for commercial reasons, very much alive and vital.
not forget the thirty arches of the oldest bridge in St. Agatha to see how vast was the river bed gardens and historical documents all over the banks since 1500. But this is a huge platform, built with quality materials and care in the finish, of the details (such as marble framing the slits), because the rest was an imposing sight.
Walls of embankment constructed with Sardinian granite of the Magdalene, and this allows the dating "because only Genoa and Genoa - says Piera Melli - began to import it since 1874. Later the same stone was also used to build the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York ".
late nineteenth century, therefore, a hydraulic structure with openings for water drainage, and "bedrooms" probably servitude to nearby Battery Bridge that stood where today via Cadorna. The urban revolution of the early twentieth century and the new cut road of Via Giulia, Via Venti Settembre, involved a series of demolitions and landfills.
Another quiet, another season, Brignole square.
While the novel hydraulic structure archaeologists intend to start a historical research regarding the monastery of Brignoline already knew from sources that would meet Tracks digging in the area near Brignole.
'Monastery founded in 1633 by Blessed - Piera Melli-states that leases two buildings from the son, then existing, and turns them into Our Lady of Refuge, a place devoted primarily to assisting young people. Probably during the Napoleonic era, then at the end of 1700, as all the monasteries of Genoa, was emptied and abandoned. What remained of the architecture was destroyed or buried in 1868 with the construction of the railway. " Here is some of the archaeological site boundary wall and above the charm of a private lane that crossed the small farm of the monastery. Donata
Bonometti
Taken from "Il Secolo XIX" newspaper of Genoa, the 13/05/2006
