La Resilienza della Storia. Trasformazioni e Permanenze nel Castello e nel Borgo di Marzano Appio (Caserta)

The village and the castle of Terracorpo in Marzano Appio, located on a hill in the Regional Park of Roccamorfina, represent a paradigmatic case of a minor historic center in process of depopulation, which identifies a potential for resilience and cultural, social and economic revival in its built heritage. Placed within the system of fortifications of Terra di Lavoro, the castle of Marzano, a municipal property, is a strong element of identity, also for the populations that, for work reasons, have had to move away from the town. The research shows the effects of abandonment on the village and the castle on the historic walls and on the structures of other buildings. Through the use of innovative instruments and non-destructive survey techniques – after a phase of historic, iconographic and archive source research – the condition of the historic walls was analyzed and an accurate survey of the cracking pattern of the walls of the castle and of the main buildings of the village was carried out. The aim is to elaborate a restoration and enhancement project that not only looks at the conservation of built heritage as an operation in itself, but above all as a means of transmitting a strong, resilient cultural heritage to future generations that can offer local communities an opportunity to “return to contemporaneity”.