User:Cri97//Heritage studies and ICT 2020-2021

I am a student enrolled at the University of Bergamo, attending the first year of Planning and Management of Tourism Systems Master Course. I have been contributing to Wikipedia within the project named GLAM/UNIBG/Heritage studies and ICT, which is aimed at contributing to some articles on Wikipedia and related projects about municipalities and heritage.

Description of the contribution
I decided to focus mainly on the Wikipedia page of the municipality where I actually live, that is to say Larciano, in the province of Pistoia.

First of all, the first step was to acquire as much knowledge as possible concerning the history and all other related aspects in order to be as specific as possible in my contribution. For this reason I contacted the libraries of the municipalities of Larciano and Lamporecchio to borrow some books.

Then, I had a look at the overall content of the web pages to understand where adding and deleting information or correcting any mistakes.

Finally, I started working actively on the pages and discussing with people to learn how to improve my work and the way I used to edit on Wikipedia, since it was the first time I had been doing it

Wikipedia (Italian version)
I wanted to leave a significant mark for people living in Larciano because not everyone is aware of the potential Larciano has to offer in terms of monuments and history and so, since Wikipedia is a powerful source of information nowadays, the update of this page could be very useful for this purpose.

Thus, I focused on the improvement of the Italian page https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larciano and, considering that the main page is linked to other pages dealing with the churches present in Larciano, I also modified some of them, in particular:

Besides, in the frame of my work, I checked information about the list of mayors through http://amministratori.interno.it/.
 * "Pieve di San Silvestro (Larciano)": https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieve_di_San_Silvestro_(Larciano)
 * "Chiesa di San Niccolò": https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Niccol%C3%B2_(Larciano)

Wikipedia (English version)
As a consequence of my previous work, I added more information in the English version and here you find the link to the English page: Larciano.

Wikipedia (French version)
As I know French thanks to my university studies, I translated few articles in French and here is the link to the French page: Larciano.

Help for translation
A colleague of mine, working on the update of the Italian and English Wikipedia page of Grado, asked me for help in editing some articles in French since she does not speak this language. Here you can find the link: Grado.

FAQ section in GLAM/UNIBG/Heritage studies and ICT
I also replied to a question in the section “FAQ” of “Heritage studies and ICT” Wikipedia project page in order to help my colleagues.

Other minor changes
While surfing the different pages in the French version, I found an error in the description of the image in this Wikipedia page https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_de_Padule_di_Fucecchio and I corrected it.

I also added some information on this page https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccidio_del_Padule_di_Fucecchio since it was linked to the work I did for the Wikipedia page of Larciano.

English translations not edited on Wikipedia
Here you can find two articles that I translated in English and that I wanted to add on Wikipedia but, since I am a new user, I could not do this. I will add them in the future when I gain enough experience to do that.


 * VILLA BANCHIERI (link for the Wikipedia page in Italian to compare my work: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Banchieri_(Castelmartini) )

Villa Banchieri is located in Castelmartini, in the municipality of Larciano, in the province of Pistoia.

History and description

The castrum Martini, which gives its name to the place, was an ancient fortress built in the thirteenth century by a man called Martino di Jacopo Ammannati. The castle was later transformed into the current villa and belonged to various aristocratic families: the Ammannati, the Panciatichi, the Medici, the Lorena. Finally, in 1777 it was bought by Pietro Banchieri, descendant of a family of ancient nobility of Pistoia, whose heirs still own it.

The current appearance is due to the works of 1890, designed by the architect Francesco Bartolini, who drew a villa in Renaissance style starting from the previous rustic appearance of the fortress. The villa is accessed from an avenue with a double row of holm oaks, while another avenue of cypresses connects the villa to the recent swimming pool.

The garden is of nineteenth-century taste, with large grassy lawns, flower beds and a pond with marsh essences. Among the tree species present there are pines, firs, limes, holm oaks, oaks and exotic plants such as the prunus campanulata, originally from China, the taxodum, the aspirea and the Judas tree.

Near the boundary wall there is a rose garden bordered by box hedges, with four statues allegorically representing the four Continents; the cultivation of the Blue Moon rose stands out.

The meteorological station of Larciano, being part of the Tuscany Regional Hydrological Service, is located near the villa and it has been active since 1926.


 * CHURCH OF SAN NICCOLÒ (link for the Wikipedia page in Italian to compare my work: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_di_San_Niccol%C3%B2_(Larciano) )

The church of San Niccolò is a church dedicated to San Niccolò. The property is located in Cecina, in the municipality of Larciano, and belongs to the Diocese of San Miniato.

Description It has a triangular gable façade, flanked on the left side by the stone bell tower and it has undergone various interventions over the centuries. The religious building has a Romanesque structure but only the semi-circular external apse with window belonging to this period remains nowadays. The basis was subsequently enlarged with roughly hewn and darker stones than the others. Furthermore, the apse is based on a pre-existing tower, probably of Lombard origin; the three stones of the apse each have a Greek cross. According to the testimonies of that time, it is thought that these crosses may have been traced by Lombard soldiers who, having arrived in Italy after staying in Eastern Europe, had been influenced by the Eastern religion; these stones, dating back to before the year 1000, were later used in the construction of the church. In addition to this, on the exterior part of the transept, above the small portal, two heads carved in stone from the Lombard or Frankish period were found. The interior, with a single nave with apse and left side chapel, is covered by cross and barrel vaults and preserves, on the left altar, a wooden crucifix from the end of the fourteenth century, whose author is unknown. Legend says that Jesus himself inspired the sculptor, during the execution of the Crucifix.

Above the right altar a painting by Donnino di Domenico depicting Raffaele and Tobiolo and the Saints Sigismondo, Lorenzo and Rocco belonging to the Florentine school of the late fifteenth century, whose technique is similar to Botticelli, is located. On the right of the main altar, a detached fresco depicting the Virgin Mary on the throne and saints by a Tuscan artist from the first half of the sixteenth century is situated.

Attempt to create a new page
Since I am a new user in Wikipedia I cannot edit directly the translation of a page, so I decided to try creating a new one. My goal was to link it to the main page once the page was accepted.

Here you can find the link for the draft page which is waiting for a re-review: Draft:Parish Church of San Silvestro.

Wikimedia Commons
I added two photos on Wikimedia Commons and here you can find the links to check them:


 * Marzocco: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marzocco_Larciano_(PT).jpg. I used this image on Wikipedia.
 * Pieve di San Silvestro: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieve_di_San_Silvestro,_Larciano_(PT).jpg. I used this image both on the Wikipedia page and on Wikivoyage.

I took both pictures but I had to ask for the permission of the mayor of Larciano for the Marzocco, while the parish priest of San Silvestro was the one who gave me permission for the church.

Reuse of pictures that are not mine
I also reused some photos already present on Wikimedia Commons after checking the licences. For instance I used:


 * the flag of France: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_France_(1794%E2%80%931815,_1830%E2%80%931958).svg. It was useful to add the part of twin towns on Wikipedia in Italian and in English.
 * The photo of Cecina: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cecina_di_larciano,_veduta,_sullo_sfondo_montevettolini_03.JPG. It was useful for the English Wikipedia page.
 * The Town Hall in the main square of San Rocco: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Municipio_Larciano.JPG. It was useful for the English Wikipedia page.
 * The flag “Italian al merito civile (civil merit) gold medal bar”: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merito_civile_gold_medal_BAR.svg. It was useful for the English Wikipedia page.
 * Ferratella aquilana: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferratella_aquilana.jpg. I used it for the Wikiversità page.

Use of sources
Since the Wikipedia project is based on reliable sources, which help building credibility, I put the references I used at the bottom page or in the notes, such as books or websites.

I respected the copyright license, for this reason no sentence or paragraph was copied or pasted; everything was the result of reworking.

OpenStreetMap
I also contributed to OpenStreetMap, once again for the territory of Larciano. I added the position of the three entrance gates, the position of another post office, that was not mentioned, and I fixed the name of the “Marzocco” statue.

My username is Cri97 and here you can find the link to check all my contributions: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Cri97.

Wikivoyage
I added some content on the Larciano Wikivoyage page. My username is Cri97 and here is the link to the Wikivoyage page of Larciano: https://it.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Larciano.

Especially in this context I had the opportunity to open a discussion with some people of the community of Wikivoyage who clarified to me some important aspects of editing since editing in this context is quite different compared to Wikipedia rules.

Wikiversità
While looking for further information about the whole system of Wikipedia, I discovered Wikiversity by chance. It is a community based on the principle of sharing information about a topic, very similar to Wikipedia's goal.

I was curious to see how it works so I tried to edit a page in Italian.

I focused my attention on the so-called “Ferratella”, which is a typical dessert of the Abruzzo and Molise regions. Since I consider it as a part of the national heritage, I wanted to share it among the Wikiversity community. So, after a deep research on various web pages, I edited the page. The link is the following one: https://it.wikiversity.org/wiki/Ferratella.

Discussion pages
I also used Wikipedia and, above all, Wikivoyage to discuss with other people intervening in these pages to learn more things about how to edit in a proper way, especially in Wikivoyage because of the different way of adding content and reusing it, as I mentioned before.

Furthemore, I used to thank people who modified the content because they showed me the correct way of doing it.

Finally, I was very proud to see that a person among the Wikiversità community thanked me for creating the page of Ferratelle: I felt I had made a truly useful contribution for the entire community and, above all, it was something that was appreciated.

Other
I also tried to find out some poets or literary figures related to Larciano to improve this part on Wikipedia but I discovered I could not include it there directly, but only if some poets had cited Larciano in their works.

So, I did some research and I came across a Garibaldian man called Luigi Spinelli, coming from Larciano, who was also a poet. Thanks to the book written in Italian Larciano e la memoria (written by Giampiero Giampieri and edited in April 1993 in the Stabilimento Grafico Niccolai, Pistoia) I read some of its poems in the hope of finding the name of Larciano to quote it, but actually I did not. I also read a document published by the Tuscany region (here you can find the link: https://www.regione.toscana.it/documents/10180/23904/Itinerari+garibaldini+in+Toscana+e+dintorni+-+1848-1867/fe71e6ff-9e31-4123-97ff-924398d850af?version=1.0, pag.130) to check if I had the chance to find something more but I was not lucky.

Finally, I did the same work for a poet named Renato Fucini who, in one of his books called Le veglie di Neri, talks about a woman with the pseudonym of “Biagiotta”; I discovered the real name of this woman was Albina Monti and she was from Larciano. For this reason, I read the book to find if there were any quotes about Larciano but I did not find anything.

Feedback on the assignment
I tried to contribute as much as possible to some of the Wiki projects because I think it is a great opportunity to improve the visibility of my village. Surely, I will continue doing it in the future because I consider it very useful both from the point of view of the reader, who acquires more knowledge, and from the point of view of the person who edits, since he/she must get informed and rework what he/she reads.

It was not an easy task to accomplish because editing on the Internet has a number of implications to consider, such as getting reliable sources or writing in a neutral way, not promoting anything.

However, it has been very useful in understanding how to work with people we do not know personally and how to provide a good work involving many stakeholders, despite the particular situation we are facing nowadays,