La politica agraria del nazionalsocialismo 1930-1939

Burrin, Philippe; Corni, Gustavo

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“…Intervention in Nazi Germany was less heavily totalitarian, and the market was organized in favour of the common good through a public law corporation called 'Reichsstelle', created in 1933 to regulate the domestic market through purchases and sales in the international market. Germany did not build a network of state silos, but instead encouraged the construction of private silos through subsidies [25,26]. Many of Italy's silos were destroyed during World War II, mainly by Allied bombing.…”

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History, Architectural and Technological Characteristics, and Feasibility of Repurposing of Italy’s <em>Ammasso </em>Grain Storage Silos

Marcelo,

Faugno,

López-Díez

et al. 2024

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The silos built in the 1930s for Italy’s ammasso (obligatory grain stockpile) stood as powerful symbols of the country’s fascist era. Many of them were destroyed in World War II; only a few remain today, and recent demolitions underscore the urgency of their preservation. This study adapts a methodology developed for inventorying Spanish silos based on their general features, construction, technological facilities, and socioeconomic aspects and applies it to the 30 remaining ammasso silos. These silos are located in grain-producing areas near communication routes and are mostly owned by agricultural consortia. Over half of them are disused and in disrepair. All of them have machinery for receiving, storing, and dispatching grain, and most have equipment for cleaning, sorting, weighing, and packaging if needed. These structures are part of Italy’s agro-industrial heritage and should be protected. Some have been made over into commercial spaces, leisure areas, museums, and even homes. Vertical-cell silos are challenging to convert, unlike horizontally-oriented silos and other open-plan agro-industrial buildings. Examples of silo reuse in other countries, such as Spain and Portugal, can offer useful insights for the ammasso silos. However, socio-economic indicators suggest that such projects are most viable in large population centres.

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