Memorie del Medioevo: dai restauri di Dionigi Scano al neomedievalismo nella Sardegna tra fine Ottocento e metà Novecento

Dionigi Scano was, together with Filippo Vivanet, one of the protagonists of the protection actions aimed at medieval buildings in Sardinia. In the broader framework of the activities of the Regional Monuments Office, established in 1891, Scano has worked on many of the most important island contexts, sometimes bringing to light the medieval phases, to the detriment of subsequent stratifications, sometimes reproducing a large part of the architectural sculpture in copies, starting from a few original pieces. The architectural elements attributable to the Middle Ages were also the protagonists of a large number of building sites, which saw the use of elements frequently inspired by the neo-Gothic. The essay will examine the work of Scano, contextualizing it in the decades between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, to understand if and how his action was aligned with the contemporary critical-cultural trends of the Peninsula.