Researchase of Fort Salvi and Porto Vecchio for new elementary school

I read the response from lawyer Italo Della Cella to my article about the presentation of the project for building the new elementary school with great perplexity.

Localization and Clarifications

The localization: the caption of the photo (not written by me) is indeed inaccurate, but the text mentions “Porto Vecchio location, in an area adjacent to the Austrian fort”. The name of the location where the school is supposed to be built is indeed Porto Vecchio, and describing the area as “adjacent” to the fort (being 600 meters away) does not seem a grammatical or cadastral stretch.

On the other hand, I am pleased to note that the author of the reply knows the project site location so well, because it means that he is at least aware of it.

History and Ownership of Fort Salvi

The history: the “Fort Salvi” owned by lawyer Della Cella was indeed designed by the French architect Chasseloup, but it was built by the Austrians. The French only started the so-called “earthmoving” in preparation for the fortification construction, and it was the Austrians who took over the project, building, moreover, Fort Salvi according to their criteria.

Doesn’t all this make it an “Austrian” construction?

Furthermore, it is not “the oldest in the inner defense ring of the Peschiera fortress”; this “title” belongs to Forte Salvi Vecchio (hence the one we are talking about is called “Forte Salvi Nuovo” since it is “younger”); and it is Salvi Vecchio that was built and completed by the French (together with Mandella Vecchio and Central Redoubt of Mandella).