Tra dongioni normanni ed echi federiciani, il Castello Rufo Ruffo di Scaletta Zanclea (ME). Ipotesi per la comunicazione e la fruizione

The castle Rufo Ruffo of Scaletta Zanclea is part of the Federician Castles, a network of defensive structures, built around the XII - XIII century by the will, precisely, of Frederick II of Swabia. These architectures found, generally, their primitive point of support in towers of defence of more ancient erection, dating in most cases to the Norman era. Under the rule of the Dukes of Bagnara, I Ruffo, the castle is incorporated into a complex system of fortifications to house pieces of artillery. The new fortifications, especially the coastal fortress built on a cliff below that of the castle, resist in 1678 to a siege by the French. If the castle stands on the medieval village, the New Tower (also called Scaletta Tower), which later took the name of "Battery San Placido", controls all the surrounding territory overlooking the coastal road and directly overlooking the sea. The choice to study this architecture in a systematic and thorough way is mainly due to the extraordinary uniqueness of this factory in the context in which it arises, but also to the opportunity for immediate comparison with similar buildings, both in the context of Federician defensive constructions, and exquisitely referred to the morpho-typological characteristics of the Norman Dungeon of Paternò, Adrano and Motta S. Anastasia, compared to which it seems more similar. The study, using the tools of survey and drawing, together with an analysis of the historical-geographical context, through topographical and historical-the environment is preparing to develop a communication strategy aimed at supporting the enjoyment of knowledge with graphic and multimedia tools. The data thus obtained are put to the service of the dissemination and exploitation of the asset through various proposals.