Giovan Battista Filippo Basile e Gottfried Semper. Tangenze e confluenze nella cultura architettonica europea della seconda metà del XIX secolo

With this essay the author seeks to give a contribution regarding Giovan Battista Filippo Basile, a central figure in the architectural of Palermo and the Sicilian architect of greatest European resonance during the period of italian unification.The text links the theoretical work of Giovan Battista Filippo Basile to that of Gottfried Semper, and underlines the European dimension of Basile’s thought. This essay emphasizes the importance of the role played by a rational and theoretical foundation allied with the critical examination of the societal values as expressed in the actions of architects. In the eyes of the author this disciplinary approach gives the teaching and meditations of Semper and Basile current validity appeal