Calcata
The historic settlement of Calcata stands on volcanic rock in the Treja valley. Its historic settlement includes tuff houses and streets paved with river cobbles. The square and church have a Renaissance layout, while the baronial palace was reworked between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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The historic settlement of Calcata stands on volcanic rock in the Treja valley. Its historic settlement includes tuff houses and streets paved with river cobbles. The square and church have a Renaissance layout, while the baronial palace was reworked between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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- Italy
Editorial reading
Editorial interpretation: The relationship between the rock setting, paving and altered palace offers a way to consider layers of village form. Reading these features together avoids assigning one date to the whole historic settlement.
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Sources
Source record: Municipality — settlement monuments
Source record: Wikidata identity
Source record: Wikimedia Commons photograph and licence
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