La tutela dell'immagine ed il recupero del centro storico di Castelli

The paper reports the research work related to the village of Castelli, in the province of Teramo placed among the most beautiful villages in Italy, known from the late Renaissance for the production of ceramic art. This owes its fruitful development crafted mainly to the natural characteristics of the territory, to the quarries of gray clay that formed the raw material for the ceramic work. Moreover Castelli is characterized by the landscape context in which it appears, on the slopes of Gran Sasso, connoted by gullies that surround a lush woodland setting. To protect the natural and cultural heritage, compromised by hydrogeological problems, by the earthquake that hit the Abruzzo region in 2009, leading to the depletion of the workshops, it was necessary a conservation program. These reasons have supported the study aimed at protecting the landscape of the village, with the goal to encourage, through sustainable processes, a improved redevelopment that aims to counteract the gradual depopulation. For this reason, a survey was carried out on the basis of which, then, plans for the reconstruction and protection of the image of the village are developed, with purpose of the conservation and recovery.