{"id":11519,"date":"2016-04-26T17:27:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T15:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2016-04-26T21:46:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T19:46:24","slug":"italys-incredible-transparent-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/italys-incredible-transparent-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s Incredible Transparent Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A few days ago, a friend pointed me in the direction of an article about an extraordinary new structure in Puglia, and I immediately decided to share it with you dear readers. Built on the ruins of a 12<sup>th<\/sup> century basilica, this fantastical work of modern art helps visitors to visualize the true grandeur of the original structure.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santa Maria di Siponto - instant video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dy1Oju1O46U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The following is an extract from the Italian on-line journal <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ilpost.it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Il Post<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> April, with my translation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>N<\/strong><b>el Dodicesimo secolo a Siponto \u2013 una frazione di Manfredonia, in Puglia \u2013 fu costruita una chiesa romanica, la basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore di Siponto. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century, a Romanesque church was constructed at Siponto, a hamlet of Manfredonia in Puglia: la basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore di Siponto.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11522\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-2.jpg\" aria-label=\"Siponte Basilicata 2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11522\" class=\"wp-image-11522\"  alt=\"La Basilica di Siponto fu consacrata per la prima volta nel 1117.\" width=\"520\" height=\"349\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-2-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080\">La Basilica di Siponto fu consacrata per la prima volta nel 1117.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Di quella chiesa restano oggi praticamente solo le fondamenta, che sono vicine a una pi\u00f9 recente chiesa medioevale. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Today, only the foundations of the church remain near a more recent medieval church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Da qualche settimana <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/edoardotresoldi\" target=\"_blank\">Edoardo Tresoldi<\/a><\/span>, artista di 28 anni, ha per\u00f2 terminato a Siponto il progetto \u201cDove l\u2019arte ricostruisce il tempo\u201d. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A few weeks ago, 28 year old artist Edoardo Tresoldi brought the project <em>\u201cWhere Art Reconstructs Time\u201d<\/em> to a close.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-3.jpg\" aria-label=\"Siponte Basilicata 3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11523\"  alt=\"Siponte Basilicata (3)\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-3.jpg 595w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-3-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Insieme a un gruppo di persone \u2013\u00a0et\u00e0 media 25 anni \u2013 Tresoldi ha ricostruito la struttura della basilica di Siponto utilizzando 4.500 metri di\u00a0rete elettrosaldata zincata: rete metallica, per capirci.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Together with a group of people \u2013 average age 25 \u2013 Tresoldi has reconstructed the structure of the basilica of Siponto using 4,500 metres of electro-welded zinc netting: metal netting, to clarify.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-5.jpg\" aria-label=\"Siponte Basilicata 5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11524\"  alt=\"Siponte Basilicata (5)\" width=\"530\" height=\"353\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-5.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-5.jpg 575w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-5-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>La basilica di rete metallica \u00e8 alta 14 metri e pesa in tutto circa sette tonnellate. \u00c8 una struttura permanente: per realizzarla ci sono voluti circa cinque mesi e il progetto, commissionato dal ministero del Turismo, \u00e8 costato 900mila euro.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The metal netting basilica is 14 metres high and weighs around seven tons in total. It\u2019s a permanent structure: it took about 5 months to build, and the project, which was commissioned by the ministry of tourism, cost 900 thousand Euros.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-7.jpg\" aria-label=\"Siponte Basilicata 7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11525\"  alt=\"Siponte Basilicata (7)\" width=\"530\" height=\"265\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-7.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-7.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-7-350x175.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Wow, 900,000 Euros, did I read that right? That seems like a small fortune for a country that, financially speaking, is virtually on its knees! However, as you can see from the photos and the video, it certainly is an exceptional creation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Siponte Basilicata 6 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11526\"  alt=\"Siponte Basilicata (6)-001\" width=\"530\" height=\"375\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001-350x248.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What do you think, would you visit it if you had the chance?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Gabriola,fantasy\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">A presto &#8230;..<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001-350x248.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001-350x248.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/04\/Siponte-Basilicata-6-001.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>A few days ago, a friend pointed me in the direction of an article about an extraordinary new structure in Puglia, and I immediately decided to share it with you dear readers. 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