The garden of the cardinals. Knowledge, restoration, biodiversity in the gardens of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola.

Convention Ihe garden of the cardinals. Knowledge, restoration, biodiversity in the gardens of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola.

Farnese Palace - Caprarola

November 9, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

The day, promoted by the Regional Directorate National Museums Lazio and the Monumental Villas of Tuscia, is dedicated to the presentation of projects intended for the state-owned historic parks and gardens of Palazzo Farnese, financed by the PNRR call "Programs to enhance the identity of places: historic parks and gardens." Projects that move from the concept of integrated and multidisciplinary restoration, as historical gardens require, which in the relationships between the different components - water, greenery, architecture, landscape, nature - fully explicate the artistic values for which they are celebrated, but also the vitality of the relationship with the communities of proximity.

The conference, which focuses on the gardens of the Farnese villa in Caprarola, presents the first outcomes of the restoration work that is nearing completion, carried out thanks to funding obtained under the investment line for historic parks and gardens provided by the PNRR.

The multidisciplinary approach, aimed at governing the complexity of the garden, has been a formidable driver for the deepening of knowledge about the creation desired by the "great cardinal" Alessandro Farnese and Vignola, later completed by his grandson Odoardo in the early seventeenth century.

Scholars and experts will offer the first outcomes of the body of knowledge acquired, both in terms of historical-critical aspects of garden architecture and the naturalistic and biodiversity aspects that the project aimed to bring to light.

PROGRAM

9:30 a.m.
Welcome and registration

10 a.m.
Institutional greetings

Elizabeth Scungio
Regional Director National Museums Lazio
Delegate director monumental villas of Tuscia

Angelantonio Orlando
Director of the PNRR Implementation Mission Unit.

Margaret Eichberg
ABAP superintendence for the province of Viterbo and southern Etruria

Introduces and moderates Marina Cogotti PNRR project manager Palazzo Farnese

10:30 a.m. - Session: Restoring Gardens

Restorations in the Farnese Gardens; Farnese Horti at the Palatine.
Gabriella Strano
Architect, Colosseum Archaeological Park

Restorations in PNRR gardens: Ruspoli Castle in Vignanello
Elisa Fochetti
Architect, DUEEFFE s.r.l. STP

Architectures of stone and plants
Sonia Martone
Architect, Regional Directorate National Museums Lazio
Marco Silvestri
Architect, ARCHIMIA bioarchitecture and restoration

Water and light: critical issues and new challenges for plant systems in gardens
Giuseppe La Manna Ambrosino
Engineer, STA Engineering

11:30 a.m.
Coffee break

11:45 a.m.
Session:Protection and conservation of biodiversity

The arboreal heritage of Palazzo Farnese
Gian Pietro Cantiani
Doctor of forestry arboriculturist

Floristic biodiversity in the gardens of Palazzo Farnese: evidence from the first census
Samuel Maestri
Botanist and plant ecologist, University of Pisa, Dept. of Biology, Plantseed Lab

Wildlife component of the Farnese park in Caprarola
Angelo Meschini
Ornithologist and naturalist

Genetic characterization of the eastern plane trees of Palazzo Farnese: biodiversity between art and nature
Enrica Alicandri
University of Tuscia, DIBAF

The governance of complexity: the WebGis of Palazzo Farnese
Carla Nardinocchi, Leonardo Paris
Sapienza University of Rome

1:15 p.m.
Conclusions