Approccio integrato per lo studio delle cause del dissesto di un monumento in conci di calcarenite

An integrated study has been performed to investigate thè causes of thè damage occurred within thè Greek monumentai fountain of Gallipoli (LE, Southern Italy). A detailed relief of thè cracks developed along thè surfaces of thè fountain has initially been carried out, as well as both field tests on thè materials forming thè monument and laboratory tests on thè foundation soils have been performed. The corresponding results bave been used as input data of a distinct element analysis developed with UDEC 4.0 to investigate thè stress-strain behaviour of thè structure interacting with thè foundation soils. The resulting strain behaviour is shown to be consistent with thè crack System observable along thè external surfaces of thè fountain.