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Cultural Perspectives and Military Engineering in the 18th Century through the drawings by Fra’ Giuseppe Giorgio Valperga di Masino, Knight of the Order of Malta
Thesis abroad
keywords ARCHITECTURE / CITY / ENVIRONMENT / ECONOMIC SUSTA, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, CONSTRUCTION HISTORY, HERITAGE, HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN ARCHITECTURE, MILITARY ARCHITECTURE
Reference persons VALENTINA BURGASSI
External reference persons Armando Antista (Università degli Studi di Palermo)
Research Groups Construction History CHG
Thesis type ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Description The project aims to examine documents preserved in the Library of Masino Castle related to Fra’ Giuseppe Giorgio Valperga di Masino, a key member of the Order of Malta in the 18th century. By reconstructing a relatively unknown biography, the project intends to analyze Fra’ Giuseppe Giorgio’s skills in military and civil architecture. The collection includes views of Valletta and detailed plans of the city, along with drawings of civil structures such as palaces and gardens. The project also seeks to compare Masino's figure with other aristocratic architects of the period within the Piedmontese and Mediterranean context of the 18th century.
The thesis proposal is part of an international project entitled ‘Malta & Europe, Europe & Malta. Dissemination of knowledge, sources and architectural models through the network of the Order of St John’ run jointly by the University of Palermo (Prof. Armando Antista), Politecnico di Torino (Prof. Valentina Burgassi), and the University of Malta (Prof. Valeria Vanesio).
See also https://www.um.edu.mt/events/peoplebooksmodels2024/; https://constructionhistorygroup.polito.it
Required skills History of Early Modern Architecture
Deadline 13/11/2025
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