Le architetture fortificate toscane della costa e dell’arcipelago del Mar Tirreno. La ‘conoscenza’ proietta il patrimonio architettonico castellano verso la ‘salvaguardia’

The research analyzes the fortified architectural heritage present on the coast and islands of Tuscany, a scientific-cultural operation that seeks to direct the valorisation, protection and recovery of the architecture and the territory. Structures that were part of the fortified system of the “Granducato di Toscana” and the “Stato dei Presidi”, an apparatus for the control of the territory resulting from the agreements between Cosimo I and Charles V in the second half of the 16th century. Knowledge of the heritage is an essential point of reference for operations to protect the areas in which these constructions exist. The study, carried out by cards, aims to demonstrate that the fortifications are still ‘alive’ and open to multiple contemporary uses. A ‘cataloging’ that has the presumption of disseminating and projecting the ‘knowledge’ of the architectural heritage towards the ‘safeguarding’ of the structures and the territory. A starting point and not an arrival point.