Cultural Heritage Exposed to Natural Hazards: the Case Study of the Convent of San Domenico in Maiori

== Abstract ==

Nowadays it is widely recognized that structural interventions on cultural heritage 
buildings shall comply with the minimum intervention principle. The main goal is to enhance 
the structural capacity respecting, at the same time, the authenticity of the monument. As such, 
the correct interpretation of the current damage is a first fundamental step in the design of an 
efficient structural intervention. Within this framework, the paper presents the results of an in 
depth  investigation  carried  out  to  assess  the  structural  capacity  of  a  complex  monument 
affected by several deficiencies. The case study is the convent of Saint Domenico, a seventeenth 
century’s masonry structure,  belonging  to  the  traditional  architectural  typology  of  the  court 
building. The building is located in Maiori, a small town in the Amalfi Coast (Italy), included 
in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1997 for its great cultural and naturalistic interest. 
The structure was abandoned during the 80s, and currently presents an extensive and diffuse 
crack pattern that is the consequence of several causes such as: the natural aging of material, 
the  lack  of  maintenance,  the  modifications  occurred  during  the  centuries,  the  seismic  events 
occurred in the past and the poor quality of the foundation soil.  In this paper, starting from the 
knowledge acquisition path of the whole Convent, a special focus on the structural behavior of 
the East wing is provided. A numerical model of a cross section of the wing has been developed 
and analyzed considering the effects of lateral loads and settlements. The numerical analyses 
are carried out using LiaBlock_3D, an in-house software tool for the limit equilibrium analysis 
of rigid block assemblages. Results of the analyses are discussed in details and a comparison 
with the actual crack pattern of the structure is provided as well.

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