49 Studi e Ricerche socio-territoriali Napoli, 3(2013), pp. 49-76 Energia del sole: paesaggi antropici e fotovoltaico 1 Orio De Paoli* Emanuele Poli** Anna Rosa Candura*** Abstract Renewable energy is ‘clean’ for the environment, but not always in relation to the landscape (especially for a landscape like the Italian one, so historically articulated). he rapid spread (in Italy) of solar technology has developed, in recent years, a sort of cultural distortion. Some technicians are exclusively concerned with functionality and performance of these structures; some scholars are beginning to consider the aesthetic aspect and the negative impact on the cultural landscape. his paper seeks to provide a context for thinking about examples of both what already exists and of what it is currently only in project, in order to identify a balance between appearance and function. Keywords: Historical Landscape, architecture, integration 1. Il lavoro è frutto di stretta collaborazione dei tre autori, tuttavia, si possono attribuire ad Orio De Paoli i paragrai 3, 4 e 6, ad Emanuele Poli i paragrai 2 e 5 e ad Anna Rosa Candura il paragrafo 1. * Politecnico di Torino – dad (Dipartimento di Architettura e Design) orio.depaoli@ gmail.com ** Università degli Studi di Pavia- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (Sez. di Sc. Storiche e Geograiche) emanuele.poli@unipv.it *** Università degli Studi di Pavia- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (Sez. di Sc. Storiche e Geograiche) acandura@unipv.it