ABSTRACT
Abstract The seismic upgrading of a church building located in the Southern Italy, which was severely damaged by the earthquake of 1980, is described in this paper. Special dissipative devices have been adopted for the first time in a historical building in Italy order to improve its seismic response. A stiff steel gridwork has been also fitted on the top of the church for achieving the box-like behaviour under horizontal actions. The results of the dynamic analysis confirm the appropriateness of the use of such innovative techniques in the structural rehabilitation of monumental buildings, mainly when they allow for a limitation of the traditional strengthening operations on the existing structure. Keywords: Seismic Retrofitting, Monumental Building, Dissipative Devices.
