Study on the Farmhouse "Masseria" and the Spatial Organization of Rural Areas in Puglia, Southern Italy

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K15194
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Tokai University (2021-2022); Kurume Institute of Technology (2019-2020)
• Principal Investigator: INAMASU YUTA 東海大学, 建築都市学部, 特任准教授 (60832681)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 都市史 / テリトーリオ / マッセリア / 農家 / プーリア / 大土地所有

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Puglia, in southern Italy, we were able to understand the spatial organization of farmhouse architecture in each area, by typifying farmhouse in terms of form, location, farm size, and crops grown. In southern Italy, where farm management by large landowners is dominant, there are not many rural small settlements in the countryside. Rather, they were dotted with large farmhous "masseria" and served as centers for farmland management and administration. Many farmers are landless day laborers who are employed only during the busy farming season and usually inhabit the inner city. For this reason, there were small houses within the city where poor farmers lived.We found that these farmhouses constitute different forms and spaces on the Adriatic coast and on the Murge Plateau.

Free Research Field

西洋都市史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

折半小作地帯の中部イタリアにおける農業景観について、生産形態や生産力に規定されて形作られていると指摘されてきたが、大土地所有地帯である南部イタリアのプーリア州の農地に着目した本研究は、景観構造の比較検討を可能にするものとなる。また、田園地帯および都市内に建つ農家建築に着目し、その建築形態や空間構成から農場経営の一端を明らかにしたことで、建築学の分野からの農業経済や景観に関する史的研究における新たな方法を提示した。