ABSTRACT

The perfect-moulded face brickwork is of calcareous stony blocks and ornamental elements of various shapes. Preliminary and in progress researches have set inspectional digs, specifications of structural survey and damage configuration, interim extraction and subsequent replacement of some unframed elements, in order to check the relation of structural endurance of the face with respect to the nucleous; extraction of cylinders of interior masonry with micro-logging instruments, for examining the solidity of inner material, carried out on former damaged parts and sectors of nucleous which are temporary free from superficial blocks.