Weathering of marble in relation to atmospheric pollution and man-made intervention on the church façade of S. Maria del Giglio in Venice

doi:10.1201/b17004-19

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Weathering of marble in relation to atmospheric pollution and man-made intervention on the church façade of S. Maria del Giglio in Venice

ABSTRACT

At the end of XVII century Antonio Barbaro had his ‘family vault’ built by the architect Giuseppe Sardi on the façade of the church of Santa Maria del Giglio. This nobleman wanted his biography carved in the stone.