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Il Santuario ellenistico romano di Agrigento: ragioni, principi e metodi per una proposta di anastilosi

Author: V. Santoro

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Since 1988, systematic archaeological excavations directed by Ernesto De Miro were carried out in the area located north of Poggio di San Nicola, situated in the center of the ancient city of Agrigentum. During these researches, implemented until 2005-2006, a porched square dominated by a temple was brought to light. The team of the Department of Civil Engineering Sciences and Architecture (DICAR) of the Polytechnic of Bari, in accordance with the Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico della Valle dei Templi, starting from 2012, initiated a critical revision of the previous investigations concerning the study of the monumental areas next to the upper agora of Agrigentum, also with the aim of enhancing them. The new researches, that contributed to clarify the architectural arrangement and the several phases of the porched complex North of the agora, provided useful data for the proposal of an anastylosis for a portion of the northern porch, to be coordinated by author of the present paper. This contribution aims to stress the interdisciplinary methodology that, from the archaeological excavation, led, on scientific and philological bases, to propose a project for an overall reconstruction to enhance a monument and an area whose original ancient centrality is going to be reestablished again in the current guided tours of the Parco.

Criteri di reintegrazione strutturale nel restauro dei monumenti dell’Acropoli di Atene. Problemi metodologici e scelte progettuali

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With the paper “Criteria of structural supplementation in the restoration of the monuments of the Athenian Acropolis. Methodological problems and design choices” there will be a discussion of the criteria on the basis of which the procedure of supplementing the architectural members is decided. After a brief historical presentation of the previous restoration projects and a brief examination of the restoration principles followed today, these criteria are grouped in five main categories taking as an example the Propylaia restoration. These categories are illustrated with characteristic examples from the interventions at the Propylaia in the last ten years, through which both the methodological problems and the design choices emerge.

The recent intervention programs on the monuments of the Athenian Acropolis

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An extended restoration program of the Athenian Acropolis monuments has been in progress since 1975. The project is carried out by the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports in order to alleviate the effects of serious problems due to natural causes (i.e. earthquakes) or human activities (i.e. fires, bombardments or earlier restorations). The interventions are complied with the spirit of the “Charter of Venice” and follow the principle of reversibility. Effort focuses on keeping the original construction form of the monuments. New marble is used for supplements only to ensure the structural stability of the buildings, while iron clamps and dowels are being replaced by reinforcements made of titanium. The authentic reliefs and sculptures are removed and transferred to the Acropolis Museum and replaced by casts in artificial stone. Scattered architectural fragments recognized as belonging to the monuments are reset in their original or a corresponding position. The paper focuses on the recent intervention programs on the projects underway at the Propylaia and the Parthenon.