Title:
Fortress of Solitude (Bellinzona)

Description:
Well, Bellinzona has its own stronghold, in the rocky heart of the city, surrounded by the river Ticino, but it's not a bank. In 1981 the architect Aurelio Galfetti started the work of repairing and remodeling the fortress. But it was more than a simple restoration, it was a monumental project of transformation, redevelopment and regeneration of the whole hill, converted for the occasion to a huge urban park called the "Collina del Sasso". Though it's been named a UNESCO World Hertitage Site, some critics have called the project a "severe, unsentimental" renovation, as it fit Galfetti's ideas about the radical modernization of Italy. Mission by Monica Cazzamani Bona, Francesca Eandi Look at this mission also on Check-in Architecture website http://www.checkinarchitecture.com/mission/188, on Picasa Web Album http://picasaweb.google.com/checkinarchitecture/FortressOfSolitudeGalfettiAndCastelgrande, on MiniSpace http://www.minispace.com/it_it/projects/check-in-architecture/missions/single/Fortress-of-Solitude-Galfetti-and-Castelgrande/188/, or on Google Earth http://www.checkinarchitecture.com/index/earth/mission/188.kml

Author:
checkinarchitecture

Tags:
Architecture, Aurelio, Bank, Bellinzona, Castelgrande, Fortress, Galfetti, Landscape, Swiss, Switzerland,