WIT Press


Critical Discussion About Some Measurements On A Damaged Corner Of Palazzo Vecchio

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

16

Pages

8

Published

1995

Size

747 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/STR950051

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

C. Alessandri, E. Cappelli, B. Leggeri, U. Muccini & A. Tralli

Abstract

A recent work carried out by both the Borough and the University of Florence has stressed the importance of historical investigations and "in situ" measurements in the analysis of the structural damage occurred in some ancient monuments, like Palazzo Vecchio, which in the past were subjected to substantial structural changes. A comparison of the data collected with the ones of other similar historical buildings leads to exclude the possibility that the structural damage, which occurred in one corner of Palazzo Vecchio, depends on increments, or chan

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