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«Nolite extollere in altum cornu vestrum». Ipotesi sul campanile della chiesa della Santissima Annunziata di Messina
2022
This article addresses a series of hypothesis concerning the octagonal space indicated in Guarino Guarini’s drawings of the Church of the Santissima Annunziata in Messina in his Architettura Civile. The façade of the church was completed around 1660 by Guarino Guarini and presented a «prodigiously high» bell tower at the corner, which collapsed during the 1693 earthquake and was later rebuilt shorter. The entire church was destroyed during the 1908 earthquake. Guarini’s drawings published in his treatise suggest that there must have been an octagonal chapel with columns at the corners under the tower; perhaps it was the baptistery of the church. Alternatively, the octagon can be identified …
La traduzione costruttiva lituana negli edifici di culto in legno tra i secc. XVIII e XIX
2014
Lithuania is situated in a highly forested Northeastern Europe area and has a variety of wooden buildings. Among the wooden structures we enumerate the religious buildings, churches and bell towers, rich of historic values, presenting different forms and sizes, a complex design and stratified construction phases. The present work aims to study this interesting topic and intends not only to analyze the architectural typology but even more the technological and structural aspects, that had suggested the most influences on building techniques during the centuries.
Perizie sulla stabilità di cupole e campanili della Sicilia centro-orientale nel secondo Settecento
2015
Il saggio analizza episodi di criticità strutturali relativi a cupole e campanili della Sicilia del secondo Settecento (chiese Madri di Ragusa, Piazza Armerina e Caltagirone). In particolare verranno esaminati i progetti ex novo e le perizie redatti dall’architetto catanese Francesco Battaglia sulle problematiche relative al comportamento statico di strutture spingenti, come le cupole e le volte, o alte e isolate, come i campanili, di cui l’architetto propone soluzioni finalizzate alla loro fortificazione e sicurezza. Diverse relazioni tecniche, di cui alcune inedite, stilate da Battaglia nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo e talune in risposta ad altrettante perizie richieste a rinomati pr…