of the redevelopment of the monument that becomes a stratified document over time .
The Mediterranean - Complex ecosystem , historical presence , set of millenarian places and civilizations that have been stratified in them , custody of a tangible and intangible heritage and an inevitable challenge for a sustainable future . A reading inspired by Fernand Braudel ’ s long-term vision and by contemporary social , demographic and naturalistic challenges .
Concept
Today , the arrival in Santo Stefano is both suggestive and challenging . It is a long route that stretches from Rome towards Formia , then by sea towards Ventotene and then from Ventotene with small boats towards the prison island . From Naples , it entails the passage from the Phlegraean Fields and then a path from Procida and Ischia to Ventotene .
The arrival on the island is - for a visitor of average athleticism - quite complex , a quay made up of modeled rocks , beaten by the undertow , a climb on hand-chiseled , disconnected and steep steps between basalts dug out or overlooked by caves and ravines . Remains of corroded artifacts and technologies , writings and graffiti of prison guests , and then the ascent under an often beating sun , among scents and glimpses of the landscape that stretch over the sea and Ventotene . The arrival at the prison with its abandoned and dilapidated buildings leaves an impression of “ mort - subìte ”, of hasty and definitive abandonment as from a place that has exhausted , due to an excess of ferocity , its meaning and purpose .
The imposing and eloquent panoptic ( a model structure conceived by the architect Francesco Carpi , only a few years after Jeremy
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