origins
Whether they have religious identity rather than public or private one, historical significance implies a greater responsibility in preserving them.
evolution
Changed over time according to the owners’ still, more tha others categories, preserving their distinctive features.
spreading
Wide presence in the Sabine territory: isolated in the countryside, nestled on the slopes of the mountains or strategically positioned on rocks overlooking valleys
shapes
Massive, squared, transmitting steadiness; height development with openings functional first and then aesthetic.
structure
Characteristics belonged to the military architecture, from the feudal period. Wood and stone are the materials, enriched by craftsmanship over time
ornamental elements
Mosaics, sculptures and paintings with symbolic messages: from religious values to material desires
These constructions are generally revived by noble decorative elements, conceived by artists of great value capable of interpreting owner’s desires of luxury and power with the highest aesthetic sense impressed in the buildings, as it has been into immortal books, with signs of the historical period to which they belong and the economic power and social relevance of their clients.
Churches and abbeys, for example, were and sometimes remain entirely decorated with mosaics, on the outside as for in the inside, sculptures and paintings, through which they tried to spread sacred stories or saints’ miracles.
