The stone materials in the historical architecture of the ancient center of Sassari: distribution and state of conservation

Carta, Luisa; Calcaterra, Domenico; Cappelletti, Piergiulio; Langella, Alessio; de’Gennaro, M.

doi:10.1016/j.culher.2004.10.006

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“…In this way, a semi-quantitative assessment of the decay was carried out. The same method was also adopted by Carta et al [3] for the historical centre of Sassari (Sardinia, Italy). In order to obtain digital thematic maps of the decay the data were implemented in a relational database.…”

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The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques

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The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques

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“…Other rock material used in the construction of Santa María del Naranco is known to have been extracted from several local quarries, such as Piedramuelle, Laspra, and Lavapiés (Gutiérrez Claverol & Torres Adán Álvarez, 1996) (Figure 5), and historical documents suggest that the rocks used in the vault at Santa Maria del Naranco originated from local (but undefined) quarries (Carrocera Fernández, 2007). Given the tremendous labor to transport rock material, the historical center of many medieval towns in southern Europe was built using local materials, so one can often get a sense of local geology by analyzing the town's architecture (Carta et al, 2005).…”

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Hydrogeological and mineralogical analysis of the pre‐Romanesque monument of Santa María del Naranco, Asturias, Spain

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The church of Santa María del Naranco is an important monument from the pre-Romanesque period of Asturian art. Here we present research that locates the probable source of travertine used in the construction of a vault within this monument. Since the genesis of this travertine is associated with spring activity, and archival evidence suggests that stone procurement during this period tended to be local, we surveyed existing carbonated aquifers within a 5-km radius of the monument. We identified a spring (Sopeña) with an associated outcrop of discontinuous travertine that appeared to have been quarried in the past. We conducted X-ray powder diffraction, electron microprobe, and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analyses of samples extracted from the suspected travertine source, an additional more distant travertine quarry for comparison, and the vault. Matching mineralogy and geochemistry indicate that the Sopeña travertine was the probable source of rock material used in the construction of the vault. This study provides insight into local ancient monument construction and can assist in procuring original stone material for historical restoration.

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“…The work is framed within a wider project undertaken since several years by the group of Applied Mineralogy operating at the Earth Science Department and Geotechnical Engineering Department of ''Federico II'' University of Naples and at the Geological and Environmental Study Department of Sannio University (Benevento). This research team carried out a systematic study on the stone materials used in the historical architecture of some towns of Southern Italy and, in particular, the ancient centre of Naples, Salerno, Benevento, Sassari, Casertavecchia, focusing the attention also on the weathering processes affecting these stones when used facciavista (Calcaterra et al 1995(Calcaterra et al , 2000a(Calcaterra et al , b, 2004de' Gennaro et al 1995;Carta et al 2005;de' Gennaro et al 2003).…”

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Lava stones from Neapolitan volcanic districts in the architecture of Campania region, Italy

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Results of a research carried out on the lavas from Campi Flegrei and Somma-Vesuvius volcanic districts are reported here. The lavas have been widely employed, since Roman age, in several important monumental buildings of the Campania region, mainly in the town of Naples and in its province. They are classified as trachytes (Campi Flegrei products), tephri-phonolites and phono-tephrites (Somma-Vesuvius complex) from a petrographical point of view. Sampling was carried out from well-known exploitation districts. A substantial chemical difference between the products of the two sectors was confirmed, while petrophysical characterization evidenced similarity among the two different materials, although some differences were recorded even in samples coming from the same exploitation site.

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The stone materials in the historical architecture of the ancient center of Sassari: distribution and state of conservation

Cited by 31 publications

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The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques

The conservation state of the Sassi of Matera site (Southern Italy) and its correlation with the environmental conditions analysed through spatial analysis techniques

Hydrogeological and mineralogical analysis of the pre‐Romanesque monument of Santa María del Naranco, Asturias, Spain

Lava stones from Neapolitan volcanic districts in the architecture of Campania region, Italy

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