Chapter Analysis and survey of Lake Garda lemon houses: a tool to understand and manage a Mediterranean landscape in Lombardy

• Main Author: Cazzani, Alberta (auth)
• Other Authors: PELI, Marco (auth), Barontini, Stefano (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
• Series: Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
• Subjects: The environment; Labour intensive landscape; Mediterranean landscape; Vernacular architecture; Traditional irrigation; Water harvesting; Citrus fruits
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Lake Garda microclimate allowed the settlement and flourishing of a peculiar cultivation, that of the limonaie (lemon houses), which during its splendour exported citrus all over Central and Northern Europe. We highlight how, in order to preserve this unique cultural heritage, there is an urgent need of a census accounting for both the current condition of the ancient productive sites and for all the agroecosystemic relationships between the limonaie, which contributed to shape their landscape. A particular attention is devoted to the traditional water harvesting and irrigation structures

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (13 p.)

ISBN

979-12-215-0030-1.17
9791221500301

Access

Open Access