Abstract
The Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari was involved by dangerous horizontal and vertical movements of the bell-tower which induced severe cracks on the supporting structures of the Basilica. After the installation of provisional reinforcing systems, two main works were carried out in order to decrease the movements of the bell-tower and the openings of the cracks in the structures of the Basilica. At first, the consolidation of the soil foundation of the bell-tower was carried out by using the soil-fracturing technique; then a structural joint was created between the bell-tower and the adjacent structures of the Basilica. All the phases of the interventions, which were completed in December 2008, were carefully checked by using an automatic monitoring system able to give in real time precious information on the movements of the structures. This monitoring system, which includes a direct pendulum, several crack-gauges and livellometric measures, is still active and it will continue to operate in the future for a log-term control of the behaviour of the Basilica after the consolidation works. This type of monitoring is able to guarantee the safety of the structure during the works and can be considered as a design tool which allows, through the application of the observational method, to change during the works the design of the strengthening interventions taking into account the real behaviour of the structure.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
A.A. V.V. (2008). Il Campanile di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, ELECTA Editore Collana Reficere Tecniche e linguaggio del Restauro.
Gottardi, G., Marchi, M., Lionello, A., & Rossi, P. P. (2013). Preservation and monitoring of the Frari bell tower in Venice. In 2nd International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites, Napoli 2013.
Lionello, A. (2011). Tecniche Costruttive dissesti e Consolidamenti dei Campanili di Venezia CORBO e FIORE Editori, Venezia Aprile 2011.
Lionello, A., Cavaggioni, I., Marchi, G., Gottardi, G., Regazzini, A., & Modena, C., et al. (2007). Monitoraggio e controllo del consolidamento della fondazione del campanile dei Frari a Venezia Proc. XXIII Convegno Nazionale di Geotecnica, Padova, maggio 2007.
Lionello, A., Cavaggioni, I., Rossi, P. P., Rossi, C., Modena, C., & Casarin, F. (2004). Experimental and numerical analysis of the structural behaviour of St. Stefano’s Bell-Tower in Venice. Proceedings of IV International Seminar on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, Padova. Italy, November 2004.
Rossi, P. P., & Zaldivar Guerra, S. (1996). Testing and monitoring for the restoration of the metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico City. Proceedings of International Symposium on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites. Napoli, Italy, October 1996.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Lionello, A., Rossi, C., Rossi, P.P. (2015). Testing and Monitoring for the Control of Strengthening Interventions of Santa Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari in Venice. In: Toniolo, L., Boriani, M., Guidi, G. (eds) Built Heritage: Monitoring Conservation Management. Research for Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08533-3_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08533-3_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-08532-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-08533-3
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)