Permanence of roman toponyms in the middle ages: Castrum Corzani and the first settlement of S. Piero in Bagno, Forum corzani
Alessandro Camiz
There has been a long discussion in the past decades on continuity or discontinuity between the&#x0D; decline of roman rural settlement and small towns castles that arise, starting from&#x0D; tenth century, what historians have called phase “incastellamento”. Recognizing widespread presence praedial toponyms modern cartography medieval notarial&#x0D; sources, using GIS to handle large amount site names documents, it was possible to&#x0D; correlate rustic villa, Valbiano (Sarsina), with “incastellamento” phenomena.&#x0D; Within distribution Ager Sarsinatis, some common characters&#x0D; were recognized sites villas castles,&#x0D; showing permanence place as base for “longue durèe” land use,&#x0D; through different ownerships, from times middle ages. The castrum&#x0D; corzani (1199) built hilltop position and, even though preserving toponym, is&#x0D; mentioned later than curte corçani (1177). It hypothesize a&#x0D; walled mercatale, forum (1239) valley position, fortified nucleus of&#x0D; town S. Piero Bagno, similarly terra murata Bagno di Romagna, in&#x0D; Roman thermal Balneus Mariae. this enclosure&#x0D; urban fabric follows orientation partition, suggesting former settlement, belonging fundus curtianus.
9° Congresso Città e Territorio Virtuale, Roma, 2, 3 e 4 ottobre 2013