“…Stiffening walls can be erected in different ways, for instance, as confined walls [ 7 ] by making circumferential reinforced concrete surrounding the masonry [ 8 , 9 , 10 ] or by filling the external masonry elements with mortar (reinforced grouted masonry) [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. Moreover, stiffening masonry can be unreinforced [ 17 ] or reinforced [ 18 , 19 ].…”