With this analysis, the following series of conclusions can be drawn:

- The city may be described as an artifact, whose main peculiarity or characteristic is that of a describable, measurable, spatial entity, therefore, according to Aldo Rossi, urban form is relevant

- If form is relevant then we can analyze selected parts of it and study the transformation (growth and change both horizontally, in plan, and vertically, in section).

- Elements shaping the form of an Italian city maintain a close relationship to each other, which is the basis of their bivalent identity (building has a meaning in itself and in close relation to their context)

- Continuity and visual connection is a main characteristic of the Italian urban landscape, both in space and time; therefore, we can assume and describe the urban landscape as a spatial image and construct of time as a result of the patterns of use of the inhabitants of the city and their interactions.

- Many parts of the city may be studied to describe a process of accommodation, the ritual use and function of people, in accordance with
time and occasions

- The mass, (namely the buildings) and the voids, (namely the streets and squares), are strictly interwoven and may be subject to a double interpretation, (positive vs. negative) as a physical image of the interaction between private and public realms

- Patterns of use and social interaction may be analyzed as a main spatial determinant or form maker (eg., entrance and accessibility as the origin of a series of interlocked spaces, which connect the outside space of a square/street and the inside space of a palace/church)