Mapping Colonial Heritage
Mapping Colonial Heritage
The neighbouring communes of Affile and Filettino are small rural localities nestled in the green hills of Lazio about 60 km from Rome. With only around 1,000 inhabitants each, these forgotten miniscule communities have only hit the headlines in the…
Parma, a provincial city in the region Emilia Romagna, and its history share many links with Italian colonialism; mostly due to its fellow citizen Vittorio Bottego, one of the best-known Italian explorers in the late 19th century. As in many…
Trieste is the capital of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia-Giulia. As a very important port of the Habsburg Empire, Trieste was – and still is – a multi-ethnic and multireligious city. It became part of Italy after the First World War…
Even though the period of Italian colonial rule is long gone, its material traces hide almost everywhere. Explore cities, their streets, squares, monuments, and find out more about their forgotten connections to colonial history. .Streets, squares and buildings whose names are related to…
Cradle of the Renaissance, Florence’s historical heritage is primarily tied to Italian art history and the colonial past of the city remains barely noticeable. Therefore, bringing to light the colonial traces of the city participates to the creation of a…
With streets and squares in the city center dedicated to the Savoy, to personalities of Sardinian politics and culture, or even to personalities of Italian culture, at first sight, the city of Cagliari does not seem to possess signs of…
When one alludes to imperial Rome it is common to think about the capital of the ancient Roman empire. But Rome was also the hub from where all decisions on colonial politics were issued in the XIXth and XXth centuries.…
Superb baroque city, former capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Sardinian Kingdom and finally of the newborn Italian State, Turin became a major industrial area and “capital of the automobile” in the twentieth century. Toponymy, monuments, memorials…
As capital of South Tyrol, Bolzano lies in the core of a region in which narrations about conquest and socio-political dominance are paramount for its own history. This is because the region, which is inhabited by a German-speaking majority, became…
Even if considered a timeless city with floating buildings and an incredible artistic heritage, Venice bears the traces of its entire history, included its colonial past. As the city of Serenissima, whose domain comprised the Istrian-Dalmatian area, Venice is also…