Canals, Water and Production in Fabriano’s History: Study For the Construction of a Recovery Strategy and Development of Local Traditions

The goal of this research is oriented to verifying a method, based on both physical recovery of infrastructure, and on the construction of new paths of knowledge/fruition. The analysis of historical archived sources and studying architecture in its material-figural consistency, represent the first navoidable step towards the construction of an effective recovery strategy, and an enhancement of local traditions. Specifically, this case study refers to the town of Fabriano in the Marche region, where you can analyse a system of particularly complex natural and man-made canals. From the most ancient times, this system was structured in parallel to the development of crafts that have honoured the city, both nationally and internationally, until the end of the nineteenth century.