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Architecture and Wonder: Past and Future of the Mediterranean

SPACE International Journal of Space Studies in Architecture and Urban Design

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

Francesco Del Sole

Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

https://doi.org/10.51596/sjp2020.hodz3157

Received October 1, 2020 – Accepted November 2, 2020 – Published December 2, 2020

Abstract

This proposal will analyse the motivations that led intellectuals of the third century B.C. to create the canon of Wonders of the World. It is emblematic that the ancient sources do not speak of the Wonders of one civilisation or another; they speak of the Wonders of the World, making this one of the first examples of interculturality in which the protagonist is Man side by side with his History. In the contemporary world, where reference is made to belong to a common reality gravitating around the Mediterranean, we look for a “global” culture made of images that can express an idea of universality. The wonders of the world could be the key to recomposing under the common denominator of a glorious past, a fragmented reality, such as the Mediterranean one.

Keywords

Wonders of the World, Mediterranean, global culture

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Endnotes

This paper has been presented at the Conference “AGORA CAUMME 2020 – Mediterranean: Between Expansion and Regeneration” and selected by the Conference Scientific Committee to be published in the SPACE International Journal of Space Studies in Architecture and Urban Design. Peer review under the responsibility of the scientific committee of AGORA CAUMME 2020.

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Biographical Notes on Contributors

Francesco Del Sole

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