Presidi militari e difesa del territorio. Il caso delle caserme dell’Arma dei Carabinieri

The study illustrates only one aspect of a wider research dedicated to the possible adaptive reuse of military sites and focuses on the Carabinieri military stations. The Corps of the Royal Carabinieri was instituted in Turin by the by Royal Warrant of the King of Sardinia, Vittorio Emanuele I, on 13th July 1814. This military Corp had the dual function of firstline national defence and policing using special powers and prerogatives. The Force was given a territorial task and was organized into divisions, one for each province. The divisions were called Companies and they were subdivided into Lieutenancies which commanded and coordinated the local police stations, and were distributed throughout the national territory to maintain direct contact with the public. The buildings planned to host the stations consist of small buildings that are usually located in the historic centres of small municipalities, close to the Town Hall and the church to form a sort of institutional square. They were usually characterized by great stability and simple decorations. Typically, they have a modular plan which was designed by the central government and repeated all over Italy. The research mainly focuses on the methodology adopted for the inventory of these military sites as an opportunity for understanding their cultural value and for the proposal of their insertion in the list of the national monument.