The conference explores the extraction, trade, and utilization of building stone in the Early Modern Adriatic basin and its interconnected river networks. The forum investigates a dynamic “waterscape” ecosystem where raw blocks, ready-made architectural elements, and raw materials like lime sand circulated across maritime and riverine routes. While rooted in the Early Modern Adriatic, the conference embraces a longue durée perspective, as well as broader comparative geographies. By bringing together diverse fields, the conference finally offers a multifaceted examination of how this floating trade facilitated a cross-cultural exchange of human skills, knowledge, and architectural models. The conference is the final event of the FARE AdriContArch Project, held in connection with the exhibition “AB ANTIQUO: European Architectural Culture and Eastern Adriatic Antiquities”, even of the ERC AdriContArch Project.
Speakers:
Jennifer Alexander (University of Warwick)
Armando Antista (Università di Palermo)
Gaetano Benčić (Zavičajni muzej poreštine/Museo del territorio parentino)
Jonathan Foote (Aarhus School of Architecture)
Cristiano Guarneri (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Jasenka Gudelj (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
Nele Luttmann (Trinity College Dublin)
Mario Pintarić (Sveučilište u Rijeci)
Domenica Sutera (Università di Palermo)
Damir Tulić (Sveučilište u Rijeci)
For additional information and to attend online, visit: https://www.unive.it/data/33113/8/117918
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