User:PMTS-i.caputo2//Heritage Studies and ICT 2020-2021

Links to the articles
The articles chosen for the project are:


 * the Italian article regarding Grado (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grado_(Italia)),
 * the Italian article regarding Casoni (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casone_(architettura))
 * the English article regarding Grado (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grado,_Friuli-Venezia_Giulia)

Grado is a town in the north-eastern region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy, it is located on an island in the homonym lagoon between the cities of Venice and Trieste. It is an important destination for Austrian tourists and for spa tourism related to the good climate and the environment.

Casoni are houses with thatched roof widespread in the lagoon.

Description of the contribution
The aim of the work is to increase the information on the pages, checking their correctness and providing reliable sources. Initially, the article analysed was that of Grado in Italian. In fact, knowing the area, some important information was missing. Subsequently it was decided to add materials also in the English page.

The contributions mainly concerned some historical information such as the construction of the road and the swing bridge that connect the mainland to the island, the island of Barbana and the tradition of “Perdòn de Barbana”, the Casoni (in the article of Grado and in the article specifically dedicated to them), the develop of the destination as a spa place, the Nazario Sauro dam. Practical information has been added regarding the time to reach Barbana, the division of the port between dedicated to fishermen and part for private boats. Data regarding the church of Grado and the basilica of Barbana have also been added.

Description of the contribution and the dynamics
First, information regarding the inhabitants and the mayor was checked using demo.istat.it (north-eastern Italy -> Friuli V.G. -> Gorizia -> Grado) and the page of the municipality of Grado (Comune di Grado - Sito istituzionale (comunegrado.it)). The number of residents was lower than that on demo.istat.it and therefore has been updated (the date of consultation has been added). Subsequently, the information of the article was compared with the books mentioned above and where discrepancies were found the article was modified. Every change has been underlined on the talk page, where a discussion for each topic covered and data relating to the source have been added.

The project was carried out by comparing the content of the Wikipedia page with the information present on the books, the aim was to make the information already written completer and more correct and otherwise complete them with new data. No sentence has been copied and pasted; each intervention is the result of reformulation. Each change was completed by the citation of a source so that any change can find an explanation.

The modified topics on the Italian page of Grado are:


 * Residents (at the beginning of the page and also in the template on the right side)
 * Ospizio marino and spa tourism (section: Clima)
 * It was pointed out that Patriarch Paulinus was the Bishop of Aquileia (section: Storia)
 * Road construction in the middle of the lagoon to reach the island (section: Storia)
 * Construction of a swing bridge to complete the road just mentioned (section: Storia)
 * Mosaics of the Basilica Sant'Eufemia (section: Monumenti e luoghi d’interesse)
 * Height of the bell tower and information about the statue of San Michele Arcangelo (section: Monumenti e luoghi d’interesse)
 * Peculiarities present within the sanctuary of Barbana (section: Monumenti e luoghi d’interesse)
 * How to reach Barbana from Grado (section: Monumenti e luoghi d’interesse)
 * Characteristics of the lagoon with Casoni (section: Aree naturali)
 * Nazario Sauro dam (section: Aree naturali)
 * Birth of the pilgrimage to Barbana (section: Eventi)
 * Characteristic of the port (section: Infrastrutture e trasporti)

The Italian page of Casoni is linked to the Grado's Italian page. The page tells and explains what the Casoni are emphasizing that they are present from the lagoon area of Grado to that of Comacchio. When the article talks about the lagoon variant of Casoni, however, Grado is not mentioned. Consequently, it was decided to add the Grado lagoon among those mentioned underlining its importance for the life of the inhabitants of the lagoon (section: I casoni lagunari). The changes made have been reformulated from the book of Graziano Benedetti, “''Lagune del Friuli-Venezia Giulia: itinerari, tradizioni & antichi sapori. Alla scoperta di una natura affascinante.''” and were recalled on the discussion page further citing the source.

Once the work on the Italian page of Grado was completed, it was decided to proceed by adding some information also to the English page which was particularly bare despite Grado is a tourist destination known also abroad. The information has been translated from those added to the page in Italian. It was considered not to add too detailed information because there would have been an imbalance respect to the topics not covered. Also in the English page, the information has been inserted citing the source and opening a related discussion on the talk page regarding each topic. Each discussion ended with the signature because the first two open discussions were corrected by Wikipedia due to the missing signature.

The modified topics are:


 * Residents (at the beginning of the page and also in the template on the right side)
 * Characteristics of the lagoon with Casoni (at the beginning of the page)
 * Ospizio marino and spa tourism (at the beginning of the page)
 * Road construction in the middle of the lagoon to reach the island (section: History)
 * Construction of a swing bridge to complete the road just mentioned (section: History)
 * Peculiarities present within the sanctuary of Barbana (section: Main sights)
 * How to reach Barbana from Grado (section: Main sights)
 * Birth of the pilgrimage to Barbana (section: Main sights)

The pages are considered to have a sufficient number of pictures, as a result, images has not been added.