Il castello ‘Belvedere’ a Fiumedinisi (ME), sulla costa jonica messinese. Conoscenza e progetto di fruizione integrata architettonico-paesaggistica

The castle known as "Belvedere," located near the town of Fiumedinisi on the Ionian coast of Messina, is part of a network of defensive structures from the medieval period, which lost their defensive role as early as the 16th century. The structure belongs to a territorial control system networked and marked by natural riverbeds, upon which small urban settlements have been positioned, forming a historically and geographically homogeneous region. This study aims to promote the castle through a twofold strategy: firstly, by adopting an integrated approach to enhance the asset as an element within its historical-geographical context, and secondly, through the design of a visitor-friendly route within the fortified structure, incorporating additional aspects to access the levels of the original functions (access paths, walkways, and summit defence routes; tower structure). This approach is based on principles of greater durability, minimal invasiveness, and contemporaneity to improve the comprehensibility of this architecture in its essential relationships with the surrounding landscape, both outside and inside.