«Contro l’azione struggitrice del tempo». Progetti di ripristino dell’acquedotto Claudio

The article analyses the history of a project – the exploitation of the Serino water springs in the mountains near the city of Naples – with its alternative fortunes, from its first hypothesis during the XVI century to the actual construction of the infrastructure in the XIX century. By contextualizing the different proposals, the article aims to highlight how much political factors count for the construction of water infrastructures in comparison with the more studied economic or demographic aspects.