Publicomos

Réf.

41911

Type

book section

Titre

The restoration of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Langues

English

Auteurs

Croci, Giorgio

Auteurs institutionnels

ICOMOS Spain

Lieu de publication

Madrid

Pays de publication

Spain

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS Spain

Date

2002

Titre de la source

Estrategias relativas al patrimonio cultural mundial. La salvaguarda en un mundo globalizado. Principios, practicas y perspectivas. 13th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Actas

Pagination de section

134-136

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 13th General Assembly: Strategies for the World’s Cultural Heritage - Preservation in a Globalised World - Principles, Practices, Perspectives

Lieu de conférence

Madrid, Spain

Date de conférence

1-5 December 2002

Mots-clés

historic monuments / basilicas / World Heritage List / earthquake damage / structural damage / restoration / reinforcement / reconstruction / structures of buildings / conservation of historic monuments / seismic surveys / earthquakes

Pays mentionnés

Italy

Monuments et sites

Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Italy

N° Patrimoine mondial

990

Résumé en anglais

In its history many earthquakes have hit the Basilica of St. Francis, which was built in the 13th century. Important earthquakes occurred in 1279, 1328, 1703, 1747, 1781, 1799,1832, 1859, 1917, 1979, and yet none produced damage as great as that which hit central Italy during the night of September 26, 1999, as well as the second that struck the Basilica at 11,42 a.m. The result was the destruction of the vaults close to the façade, of those close to the transept, of a portion of the left transept and the production of large cracks and permanent deformation all over the vaults of the Basilica, leaving them ina very precarious and dangerous condition. Besides the differing impact that the earthquakes of different characteristics, which followed each other during the centuries, may have produced on the Basilica, other factors have increased the vulnerability with respect to the past.

Document joint

134.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

Document source

44337 - Spanish #44337