Urbsturismo: The ancient Village of Pietragalla

The cultural tourism, to riscoperta of the architectonic values and the constructive techniques of a time through alleys and the alleys of the historical center.

The the beauty of Pietragalla puo' riscoprire in the its center historical rich of vicoletti and arch that scramble up until to arrive to the point piu' high of the country dominate from the imposing bell tower.
Pietragalla rises like takeover of feudale type and as such it is dominatadal castle (puts into effect them Ducale Palace) symbol of the political power and from the Church Mother symbol of the religious power. It is found for the historical center, whose compactness e' verified to all the effects, an outline to radial development whose constituted main director e' gives Via Rome while the rest of the contiguous lived one to it finds one concentrico-wrapping development.

Compact structure and radial configuration of the historical center Via Rome main director 1 Palace 2 Ducale Church Mother

The village was fortified and the course of walls marked the limits delineates to you in clean way from puts into effect them historical center. In this case the name of "citta' fortress" attributed to Pietragalla and e' was still appropriated.

An other hypothesis that denies the existence of the town-walls building which would have been replaced from the same buildings, to the outside high and tangent, with the series is advanced of arches minors who concurred the access with the inside of the village.

The extension of arches (approached secondary) leans you to the houses, from the outside towards the inside, would have formed the city limit. The public square assumed a true one and own appearance that enclosed all connotes you of the medioevale public square; in it public manifestations were carried out or religious celebrations, it flanked the building politico(Palazzo Ducale) and that religious (Church Mother). After all the public square was articulated on two levels represents to you from terrazzamenti and whose spazialità generated the destination of use (civil and religious).

One worthy peculiarity of relief: The "Cuntane"

As the "antichi" knew to resort to espedienti particular in the way to construct in order to improve the own living conditions e' which could ascertain thanks to the testimonies that in the course of the centuries are succedute. Also not having instruments and technologies that today can be used, the man of the antiquity made of necessity virtue resorting with a lot sagacia simple sure effective sagacities but, that they could above all confer dignity and quality to the constructions under the profile of the comfort inhabited. All this finds partial reply in our historical center where e' possible to notice a peculiarity that it deserves without doubt attention for the technological and architectonic aspect that it covers.

Draft of the "Cuntane"; this dialectal term indicates the variable tightest space from a minimum of 30 to a maximum of 60 cm between two manufactured aggregations of of the same one comparto.

The function the main of the the "Cuntane" e' that one of convogliare and smaltire the water piova some of unload from the stratum inner of the roof of the manufactured ones through gronde and pluviali, thanks to a light slope formed from the advanced and inferior level of the two roads that delimit comparto.L' interspazio with the aid of small openings practiced in the masonry or small windows, guarantee the aeration and the partial lighting system of the spaces that show oneself to you, generally they are of the premises of service like the kitchen or the bath.

The Wine cellars of the center storico:"I Rutt"

Covering the roads and the alleys of famous the historical center the strong presence of the premises used after wine cellar, the so-called ones "rutte" according to the pietragallese dialectal jargon. They are concentrated mostly along Via called Mancosa therefore why situated in the zone North of the historical center and therefore little exposed sole.La to the greater part of these premises they constitute of the true and own cavities basements.

Obtained digging in the land of tufacea nature; situated generally regarding the street level to a depth that goes from the 4 to the 5 meters, you approaches through one inner scale in stone or tufo. The wine cellars are developed under the rooms pushing itself to considerable depths to whose inside develops a temperature of 7 °C that it assures a natural habitat for the conservation of the wine in botti of oak.