Publicomos

Réf.

43246

Type

article

Titre

Ibo Island in the Quirimbas Archipelago. An Architectural Heritage Within a Natural Heritage

Langues

English

Auteurs

Berti, Maurizio

Maison d'édition

Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali – Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna

Date

2019

Pages

p. 251-266

Titre de la revue

Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage

Vol. & n°

v. 1 n. 19

ISSN

1973-9494/10672

Mots-clés

architectural heritage / conservation of cultural heritage / management / cultural landscapes / investigations / natural heritage / coral / islands

Pays mentionnés

Mozambique

Monuments et sites

Ibo Island, Mozambique / Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique

Résumé en anglais

This paper presents the method adopted in the study of Ibo, a small island of the Quirimbas Archipelago in northern Mozambique. Ibo is part of a larger study, begun in 2004 which is still ongoing. In the first phase, the author's attention was focused on the restoration of the historic architecture built with coral limestone. But very soon it became evident that it was necessary to study the context in which these coral architectures were built. After a few years of careful observation, it was apparent that coral stone architecture is strongly conditioned by the knowledge and conservation of the natural environment in which it is built. And in the case of Ibo, the beauty of its heritage and its conservation lies in the delicate balance between architecture and nature.

URL

https://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/view/10672

Document joint

Berti M 10672-35719-1-PB Ridotto.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)