Analysis of the Characteristics of Traditional Rural Constructions for Animal Corrals in the Adriatic-Ionian Area

Cosimo A. Picuno, Ivan Laković, Demetrios Roubis, Pietro Picuno and Aleksandra Kapetanović
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Cosimo A. Picuno: Freelance Practitioner Architect, Cellamare 70010, Italy
Ivan Laković: Historical Institute, University of Montenegro, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro
Demetrios Roubis: Post-Graduate School of Archaeology, University of Basilicata, Matera 75100, Italy
Pietro Picuno: SAFE School, University of Basilicata, Potenza 85100, Italy
Aleksandra Kapetanović: Center for Sustainable Spatial Environment, Expeditio, Kotor 85330, Montenegro

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: The purpose of the present study is a comparative analysis of the characteristics of traditional rural constructions constituted by temporary settlements for animal corrals, employed for vertical transhumance or nomadic pastoralism, spread over the mountain regions of three different Countries of the Adriatic-Ionian area, i.e., Greece, Italy and Montenegro. The main methods applied in this research were the detection and typological survey of some examples of these rural constructions located in Southern Italy, whose typical dimensions, building material and constructive technologies were detected and analysed. Major findings of the research have been the identification of some similarities connecting architecture and building material of these constructions, which revealed common technologies applied by people from different countries that, despite different socio-economical and cultural traditions, have employed similar techniques, implementing simple but very effective constructive building principles. Main conclusions are connected to the possible restoration of these constructions that, designed over the centuries in order to fulfil their primary agricultural role, now constitute a widespread cultural heritage with a significant architectural value, influencing the agricultural environment and the visual perception of its landscape that, within the current re-discover of the agricultural heritage, may play a central role, even though new activities related to rural tourism.

Keywords: rural land; animal corral; transhumance; rural buildings; agro-tourism; Adriatic-Ionian area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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