Class IIIa Cat
AN INTERVIEW :
SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI
AND RURAL
ARCHITECTURE TODAY
Today we are interviewing
the Italian students of the
3rd year attending the
school for surveyors in
Sant'Agata de' Goti. My
first questions is about
your town. How would you
describe it?
What
activities
were
typical of the period?
What
was
the
landscape
characterized by in
the XVIII century?
In the XVIII century this
landscape
was
characterized
by
constructions
connected
with the use of water such
as
fountains,
Situated in the Taburno
Regional Park, Sant'Agata
de' Goti has got an amazing
historic centre together
with
rural
territories
crossed by the river Isclero.
stone
washtubs
and
aqueducts
since
the
territory was destined to
agricultural activities.
The cultivation of fields
was typical of the century
as it is witnessed by the
presence of the Reullo
stone washtub whose
water flew into the river
Isclero, and by one of its
most famous aqueducts,
the Carmignano, built with
the aim of bringing water to
the town.
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