Search results for " Cultural Heritage"
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Mediterranean Gardens from Sicily to Malta
2012
This publication is one of the expected results of the European porject GARDMED (PO Italy- Malta 2007-2013). It aims to bring people to discover the Mediterranean gardens, highlighting the great botanical diversity, the history, the artistic, cultural and natural heritage.
Plant products as biocides for conservation of cultural asset sustainable for human and environmental health
2022
In the last decades plants products are increasingly used also in defining innovative procedures for sustainable conservation of cultural heritage. Particularly, essential oils or hydro-alcoholic extracts have been fruitful applied to contrast microbial colonization on organic and inorganic artworks or insect infestation (Anobidae) having regard to the repellent action.
 In this paper, extracts from Asteraceae and Lamiaceae plant families are utilized to counteract widespread microbial colonization (bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi) due to their antimicrobial activity. In order to define the adequate concentration correlating it to microbial species detected, the antimicrobial activity o…
FRESHWATER CYANOBACTERIA, IDENTIFIED BY MICROSCOPIC AND MOLECULAR INVESTIGATIONS ON A COLONIZED FOUNTAIN SURFACE: A CASE STUDY IN PALERMO (SICILY, IT…
2021
Cyanobacteria or blue algae are ubiquitously present in both fresh and brackish water environments. They also grow in conditions of high humidity, colonizing stones or monuments and fountain surfaces, and creating thick biofilms able to induce biodeterioration in the constituent materials of artefacts. As well as several photoautotrophic organisms, cyanobacteria belong to the microorganisms identified as primary colonizers, playing an important role in stone artwork deterioration. In this study, an analysis was made of the biofilm collected from the stone fountain of the Two Dragons in Palermo (Italy), revealing the presence of cyanobacterial colonies by optical microscopy, due to their pec…
Cnidarian inflammatory reaction and bioactive molecules: from multifunctional role to cultural heritage applications
2015
The renewed interest in the study of genes of immunity in Cnidaria has led to additional information to the scenario of the first stages of immunity evolution revealing the cellular processes involved in symbiosis, in the regulation of homeostasis and in the fight against infections. We investigated the inflammatory response in Anemonia sulcata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), following injection of various substances different in type and dimension, and observed clear, strong and specific reactions especially after injection of bacteria. The enzymes evaluation (protease, phosphatase and esterase), showing how the injection of different bacterial strains alters the expression of these enzymes suggesti…
Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Halloysite Nanotubes: From General Aspects to Technological Applications
2022
Besides surfactants, which decrease the interfacial tension between two immiscible liquids, also interfacially active particles can successfully stabilize an emulsion system by attaching at the liquid–liquid interface. The preparation of the resulting Pickering emulsions has been so far investigated starting from the study of the interactions arising between the dispersed droplets and the stabilizers, till the application of these systems in a wide range of different fields. This work is intended to provide an overall overview about the development of Pickering emulsions by considering the most general aspects and scanning the diverse types of solid stabilizers. Among them, Halloysite nanot…
Diagnostic Multidisciplinary Investigations for Cultural Heritage at Etna Volcano: A Case Study from the 1669 Eruption in the Mother Church at the Ol…
2022
Misterbianco is located on the southern flank of Mt. Etna (Unesco site), in eastern Sicily (Italy). This site, also known as Monasterium Album, has a long and tormented history linked with volcanic activity of Mt. Etna and regional seismicity. This site received much attention in the 2000s when excavation works brought to light a 14th century church remains below the thick layer of the 1669 lava. This study documents the first diagnostic multidisciplinary survey performed at this site 350 years after the eruption: the investigations were performed by using techniques such as ground-penetrating radar, infrared thermography, a terrestrial laser scanner and a drone survey to analyze the site’s…
Wooden churches in Lithuania : analysis of failures and degradations, guidelines for restoration
2016
La maggior parte degli edifici di culto in legno lituani versa in una penosa condizione di degrado, poiché le comunità locali non sempre rivolgono la dovuta attenzione ai fenomeni di dissesto e degrado e spesso le competenze tecniche capaci di salvaguardare tale patrimonio sono andate perdute. Le cause più frequenti di questo stato di fatto derivano da una inadeguata manutenzione (sia ordinaria che straordinaria), dal deterioramento del legno (ascrivibile per lo più ad infestazioni di funghi e insetti) o da dissesti e stati deformativi delle strutture dovuti ad errori nella tecnica costruttiva o all’errato dimensionamento delle sezioni costitutive degli elementi di base delle singole unità …
Conversazione con Philippe Daverio tra Design e Beni Culturali | Conversation with Philippe Daverio between Design and Cultural Assets
2016
Il design per la valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali è tema oggi decisa- mente attuale. Philippe Daverio risponde a questioni generali dicendo la sua: sull’incidenza delle nuove tecnologie nella fruizione dei musei e delle opere, sul redesign applicato alla rigenerazione della città, sull’importanza dei musei storici quali espressioni della cultura stratificata, sul valore civico ed etico del progetto e sulle riedizioni di mobili che hanno fatto la storia del design. Design for the enhancement of the Cultural Heritage is today an issue of great topical interest. Philippe Daverio answers general questions to express his own opinion regarding the effect of new technology in the fruition of muse…
IL DESIGN DEI BENI CULTURALI.CRISI TERRITORIO, IDENTITÀ
2013
Sino a pochi anni fa accostare il termine Design a quello di Beni Culturali avrebbe avuto il sapore di una provocazione. Un evidente ossimoro, insomma, tra una parola -Design- per sua natura legata all’idea del nuovo e un’altra -Beni Culturali- evidentemente connessa alla conservazione dell’antico. Se il Design inoltre rimandava quasi automaticamente a una modalità del progetto fondata ancora largamente sul riferimento al paradigma industriale, i Beni Culturali evocavano una concezione “patrimoniale” del lascito storico, per la massima parte individuato nel paesaggio e nei “beni” ereditati dalla cultura delle età preindustriali. E’ dunque evidente che la nuova dizione di Design dei Beni Cul…
Dossier degli eventi
2021
Il Dossier raccoglie attraverso le immagini e le didascalie gli eventi che hanno accompagnato il progetto Interreg Italia-Malta I-Access. ll progetto I-Access ha sviluppato soluzioni innovative nei centri storici delle città di Palermo e La Valletta culturale e fisica per il miglioramento dell’accessibilità culturale e fisica del patrimonio, volano di integrazione e sviluppo per le società dei due Paesi, chiamati ad affrontare sfide comuni. Il progetto interdisciplinare grazie allo scambio di competenze transfrontaliere, al Partenariato delle due Municipalità e della Soprintendenza della Regione Sicilia, ha definito nuove linee metodologiche, sviluppato nuovi modelli, sperimentato nuovi…