Work activities on the Romanesque monuments

The multidisciplinary activities of research project, involving several case studies of Romanesque Churches built up during the Sardinia Age of the Giudici (ranging from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries), consist of three main phases: – 1st phase: work activities in situ (mapping and sampling of stones and alteration forms, digital and photogrammetric survey, study of significant stylistic and architectural features of monuments); – 2nd phase: laboratory investigations on the compositional and intrinsic characteristics of geomaterials (chemical, mineralogical, petrographic and physical-mechanical analyses) and alteration processes on the materials, highlighting the chemical and physical features; - 3rd phase: to define the relationships between the architectural monument/built-up site, both in historical and modern perspective, the factors influencing the choice in construction materials, as well as, a methodological protocol for restoration (and valorisation) of monuments.