“…The use of SI became particularly rapid especially after the Abruzzo earthquake of April 6, 2009, because of the large damage caused by this event to the conventionally founded structures and cultural heritage [8][9]. The use of the traditional High Damping Rubber Isolators (HDRBs), in conjunction with some sliding devices (SDs), is also going on, in both L'Aquila and other Italian sites, for several new constructions and retrofits [6,7,10,11]. The application of new retrofit techniques using SI, has also been applied for both reconstructing L'Aquila and for enhancing the seismic protection in a very earthquake-prone area.…”