The paper addresses the narrative contexts of 19th Century Italian-language tourist guides of Rovereto. Comparison of such sources made it possible to highlight authors’ interpretations, the different urban contexts and the narratives of the spaces in which the interests of commissioners and local elites intertwined. In the examined period, Rovereto was a densely populated urban centre, whose thriving manufacturing production, among which that of silk stood out, made it famous throughout Europe. At the same time, however, it was also an “Italian” town under the Austrian Empire, in which the dominant cultural perception by the bourgeoisie was characterised by a certain anti-Habsburg sentiment, as was the case in almost the entire Trentino region.
L’articolo affronta i contesti narrativi delle guide turistiche di lingua italiana di Rovereto dell’Ottocento. Il confronto di tali fonti ha permesso di mettere in luce le interpretazioni degli autori, i diversi contesti urbani e le narrazioni degli spazi in cui si intrecciavano interessi di committenti ed élite locali. Nel periodo esaminato, Rovereto era un centro urbano densamente popolato, la cui fiorente produzione manifatturiera, tra cui spiccava quella della seta, la rendeva famosa in tutta Europa. Allo stesso tempo, però, era anche una città “italiana” sotto l’Impero austriaco, in cui la percezione culturale dominante da parte della borghesia era caratterizzata da un certo sentimento antiasburgico, come accadeva in quasi tutto il Trentino.
Militante e irredentista: la rappresentazione di Rovereto nelle guide turistiche ottocentesche
Giannantonio Scaglione;
2023-01-01
Abstract
The paper addresses the narrative contexts of 19th Century Italian-language tourist guides of Rovereto. Comparison of such sources made it possible to highlight authors’ interpretations, the different urban contexts and the narratives of the spaces in which the interests of commissioners and local elites intertwined. In the examined period, Rovereto was a densely populated urban centre, whose thriving manufacturing production, among which that of silk stood out, made it famous throughout Europe. At the same time, however, it was also an “Italian” town under the Austrian Empire, in which the dominant cultural perception by the bourgeoisie was characterised by a certain anti-Habsburg sentiment, as was the case in almost the entire Trentino region.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.