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Luri's drain pump is part of the framework of the remediation of Arborea, once Mussolinia of Sardinia. It is located near the San Giovanni pond and was built in 1934 to drain the malarial swamps of Estius, Arba and Luri.
The building, with a rectangular plan, has the main entrance on one of the short sides with beveled stones and light grooves that hold an lintel on which the name of the Sardinian Reclamation Company is engraved. On the sides of the central compartment, there are two windows, tall and narrow, just embedded in the wall and surmounted by two semi-toothed wheels in relief, which recall the industrial purpose of the construction.
The long sides are divided vertically by pilasters alternating with six tall windows with as many relief hemispheres and are concluded with a frame.
Despite its strictly functional and industrial nature, the artifact, still in operation today, has decorative elements with ancient and modern stylistic references.
History of studies
A review of studies can be found in the bibliography relating to the fact sheet in the volume of the “History of Art in Sardinia” on nineteenth-century architecture (2001).
Bibliography
F. Scano, "Aspetti della difesa idraulica nella bonifica di Mussolinia di Sardegna", in Annali dei LL. PP., 3, Roma, 1939;
Resurgo. da Mussolinia ad Arborea: vicende e iconografie della bonifica, a cura di G. Pellegrini, Cagliari, Janus, 2000;
F. Masala, Architettura dall'Unità d'Italia alla fine del '900. Nuoro, Ilisso, 2001, scheda 109.
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Province: Oristano
Common: Arborea
Macro Territorial Area: Central Sardinia
POSTAL CODE: 09092
Address: strada longitudinale 22 - località Luri
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Author : Leporati, M.
Year : 1928
Author : Leporati, M.
Year : 1928
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