Abstract
The tomb of Berardo d’ Aquino in the Benedictine abbey church of St. Maria della Strada in Matrice (fourteenth century) with its precious stone sculptures is one of the best examples of gothic sculpture of Southern Italy. Severely damaged by the earthquake that struck Molise region in 2002, the monument has required complex consolidation works necessitated by serious problems of instability. The paper presents the innovative micro-reinforcement realized as conservation solution to ensure the stability of the stone monument.
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ISCR Team, Project and Direction of Conservation and Restoration Works: Donatella Cavezzali (Head of ISCR team), Dora Catalano (Historical direction), Alberto Moretti (Structural project), Carla D’Angelo (Stone conservation), Maurizio Margottini (Geological investigations) Ada Roccardi (Biological investigations), Angelo Raffaele Rubino (Photografic survey). Restoration works: C. B. ART. Consorzio (Technical director Thomas Böhm), Rome. Survey: SAT SURVEY, Venice. Scientific investigation: C.N.D. srl. Controlli Non Distruttivi, Rome
HIT-HY 70 by HILTI. Italy
Mape-Antique Rinzaffo by MAPEI, Italy, A pre-mixed mortar, free of cement, lime-based, to be applied as the first layer of plaster
Paraloid B72 (ethyl-methacrylate) diluted at 10% in Acetone
Araldyte LY 554 + HY 956, an epoxy-resin suited for casting, laminating and impregnating fiberglass and carbon fiber
Hole diameter of 16 mm for a depth of cm 60 next to the outside of the stone brackets
Hilti system USA- A wide range of anchor systems from chemical to mechanical to cast-in – plus installation tools and software for anchor design according to international standards
Mape-Antique I by MAPEI, Italy, Hydraulic binder, cement-free, lime-based and Eco-Pozzolana, for the consolidation, by injection, of structures
Epoxy Tixotropic Resin White Etobond 6066 (K 6067 HARDENER), Structural adhesive based on liquid epoxy, solvent-free
Neoprene or polychloroprene is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene
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We thank the municipality of Matrice for believing in our intervention and Ruggero Martines and Carlo Birrozzi, former regional director and former superintendent for architectural heritage of Molise. We also thank Alberto Moretti for his professional support in the consolidation project and Thomas Böhm and his working team for their capacity in realizing the interventions.
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Cavezzali, D., Catalano, D. (2018). New Seismic Micro-Reinforcement Applied to the Conservation of a Gothic Stone Monument in the Abbey of St. Maria della Strada, Matrice, Italy. In: Koui, M., Zezza, F., Kouis, D. (eds) 10th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin. MONUBASIN 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78093-1_41
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