The town of L'Aquila was founded in the Thirteenth Century on a high seismic risk soil, and, in its history, highly destructive earthquakes, before that of the April 6, 2009, underwent in 1349, in 1462 and in 1703, as well as less severe others. This explains why, at least from the last decades of the Fifteenth Century, can be observed in the buildings interventions apparently aimed at containing the forces exercised by earthquakes. These are traditional techniques, such as wood and iron rods, buttresses and sloping walls, light folio or “incannucciata” voults, which, throughout the history, have more or less tested their worth and effectiveness. In this paper is being attempted a chronology of the types of interventions that, for the scarcity of specific documents, are typically based on the direct observation of the different civil or religious buildings that can be seen in the city.
L'Aquila. Tecniche costruttive antisismiche prima e dopo il terremoto del 2 febbraio 1703
GHISETTI GIAVARINA, Adriano
2016-01-01
Abstract
The town of L'Aquila was founded in the Thirteenth Century on a high seismic risk soil, and, in its history, highly destructive earthquakes, before that of the April 6, 2009, underwent in 1349, in 1462 and in 1703, as well as less severe others. This explains why, at least from the last decades of the Fifteenth Century, can be observed in the buildings interventions apparently aimed at containing the forces exercised by earthquakes. These are traditional techniques, such as wood and iron rods, buttresses and sloping walls, light folio or “incannucciata” voults, which, throughout the history, have more or less tested their worth and effectiveness. In this paper is being attempted a chronology of the types of interventions that, for the scarcity of specific documents, are typically based on the direct observation of the different civil or religious buildings that can be seen in the city.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
