Una fonte del 1756 ricostruita per la flotta piemontese ad Alghero. A Source Dated 1756 Rebuilt for the Piedmontese Fleet in Alghero

CADINU, MARCO

2015-01-01

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Abstract

In a site identified by military reconnaissance surveys along the coast at the end of the Sixteenth century, a few hundred metres from the inner beach of Porto Conte, the remains of a monumental source reveal new data on the local history. The study of its inscription, dated 1756, allows us to attribute the patronage of the reconstruction of a pre-existing source to a certain Tommaso Guibert, commander of the Piedmontese fleet, clearly based there. The style which characterises it can be referred to the circle of Augusto de la Vallée and reflects elements of the Sicilian and Piedmontese late Baroque. The reconstruction of this source, as noted in other cases, reuses small reclaimed elements, quite likely as a memory of the previous work.