This paper reports a detailed study on some relevant portions of the main façades of Caserta Royal Palace (Reggia di Caserta), one of the most important Italian monuments, comparable for its impressive architecture to the Royal Palace of Versailles in France and considered the largest royal palace in the world by volume. The research was focused on the weathering pathologies affecting the stone surfaces that, in the last decades, suffered several detachments of fragments from the coatings and from other architectural elements such as string courses, eaves, and capitals. A preliminary characterization of the materials of the façades and an evaluation of the relative weathering pathologies provided the information required for appropriate restoration and securing of these portions of the building. In particular, an innovative evaluation procedure which draws on techniques typical of the earth sciences allowed the proposal of a ‘risk attitude’ applied to discrete portions of the geomaterials used in the built heritage which is based on the influence of different factors leading to weakening of the stone and to the final detachment of rock fragments. Such a large and complete set of information should be carefully considered by the project planners to adopt the required steps for a suitable risk mitigation and for securing the site during restoration.

An Example of Integrated Geological Survey of Geomaterials and their Weathering Forms: the Reggia di Caserta Main Façade / Langella, Alessio; Calcaterra, Domenico; Cappelletti, Piergiulio; Ciarcia, Sabatino; D’Amore, Marco; Di Martire, Diego; Graziano, Sossio Fabio; de Gennaro, Maurizio. - In: STUDIES IN CONSERVATION. - ISSN 0039-3630. - (2022), pp. 1-13. [10.1080/00393630.2022.2050096]

An Example of Integrated Geological Survey of Geomaterials and their Weathering Forms: the Reggia di Caserta Main Façade

Langella, Alessio
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Calcaterra, Domenico
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Cappelletti, Piergiulio
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Ciarcia, Sabatino
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Di Martire, Diego
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Graziano, Sossio Fabio
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de Gennaro, Maurizio
Membro del Collaboration Group
2022

Abstract

This paper reports a detailed study on some relevant portions of the main façades of Caserta Royal Palace (Reggia di Caserta), one of the most important Italian monuments, comparable for its impressive architecture to the Royal Palace of Versailles in France and considered the largest royal palace in the world by volume. The research was focused on the weathering pathologies affecting the stone surfaces that, in the last decades, suffered several detachments of fragments from the coatings and from other architectural elements such as string courses, eaves, and capitals. A preliminary characterization of the materials of the façades and an evaluation of the relative weathering pathologies provided the information required for appropriate restoration and securing of these portions of the building. In particular, an innovative evaluation procedure which draws on techniques typical of the earth sciences allowed the proposal of a ‘risk attitude’ applied to discrete portions of the geomaterials used in the built heritage which is based on the influence of different factors leading to weakening of the stone and to the final detachment of rock fragments. Such a large and complete set of information should be carefully considered by the project planners to adopt the required steps for a suitable risk mitigation and for securing the site during restoration.
2022
An Example of Integrated Geological Survey of Geomaterials and their Weathering Forms: the Reggia di Caserta Main Façade / Langella, Alessio; Calcaterra, Domenico; Cappelletti, Piergiulio; Ciarcia, Sabatino; D’Amore, Marco; Di Martire, Diego; Graziano, Sossio Fabio; de Gennaro, Maurizio. - In: STUDIES IN CONSERVATION. - ISSN 0039-3630. - (2022), pp. 1-13. [10.1080/00393630.2022.2050096]
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