Le ‘architetture minori’ a carattere rurale nell’area vesuviana. Un patrimonio architettonico a rischio nella baia di Napoli da tutelare e valorizzare/ Rural architecture in vesuvian area. A risky architectural heritage in the Bay of Naples to protect and enhance.

The area placed under the Vesuvius has historically constituted, thanks to the fertility of the volcanic soil, the main Campania’s areas tipify by agricultural activities. As a result, was created architectures purely rural, characterized by strong identity features in which the analysis of typical elements, construction techniques and distribution schemes testifies a building tradition in consolidated balance with the natural conditions of the places. Although not courtly and copyright, sometimes resigned, this rural architecture represents for his variety character and into the possibility of recognition of structural invariants, architectural and distribution assets spread, a great built heritage, both for architectural and landscape features, at today greatly at risk. The consideration of ‘minor’ architecture as well as the loss of original production character of use has in fact often led to abandonment, formal alteration and misuse of buildings in which often were not recognized architectural, formal and landscape values.