Friday, November 12, 2010 hours 11:30
The Palmenti in the Mediterranean area. New discoveries and conservation projects

Associazione Patrum Vinea et Viridarium
Friday Novermber 12- from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Sala Leonetto Tintori

The conference organised at the first edition of the Fair in 2009 presented to the public the extraordinary heritage represented by the 2.000 old stone wine presses located in a group of areas, in the Mediterranean. In 2009 the meeting was based on the researches carried out on the wine presses of Tuscany (the Isle of the Giglio), in Calabria (Ferruzzano, S. Caterina dello Ionio, Pollino), in Basilicata (Pietragalla), in the Isle of Malta (Misqa Tanks, Mgarr ix-Xini, Il-Lippija) in Bulgaria and in various other Mediterranean countries (Mauritania, Spain, Israel).
The 2010 conference focuses the new discoveries made in this field, with particular reference to the Tuscany territory. The restoration experts will later discuss about the problems connected with the conservation process of stone and marble wine presses, presenting some experimental solutions and proposal which will be soon included, under the Superintendence supervision, in some new pilot projects.

Introduction: Santino Pascuzzi, President of the Patrum

Speakers of the general session:
Cesare Scarfò, A project of conservation of the Palmenti of the Isle of the Giglio
Paola Rendini, The recent archaeological discoveries in the Isle of the Giglio
Palma Silvestri, In my isle, Palmenti and Capannelle, memories from the Isle of the Giglio
Orlando Sculli, Cultural tour among the Palmenti of the Area Grecanica
Vincenzo D’Angelo, Cultural tour among the Palmenti of Pietragalla

Speakers of the conservation session:
Marco Bacci, Isidoro Castello, Piero Frizzi, Giancarlo Marini, Chiara Piani

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