Porto d'Ischia: porto non porto. Da cratere vulcanico a lago, ad approdo, a nodo di traffico
The Port of Ischia is an introverted space, a closed natural body of water. It remained as such until 1854, the year it was transformed from a lake into a port by removing a section of land to connect it with the open sea. The edges of this volcanic crater were occupied over time by a mantle of discontinuous constructions, from which three monumental elements that speak to the history of the island emerge: the church of Portosalvo, the Ancient Municipal Baths and the Palazzo d’Ambra.