The Pilot Restoration Yard of the Church of San Frediano in Pisa: Results of a Multidisciplinary Study

Baracchini, Clara; Pini, Raffaella; Fabiani, F.; Ciafaloni, M.; Siano, Salvatore; Salimbeni, Renzo; Sabatini, Giuseppe; Giamello, Marco; Franzini, Marco; Lezzerini, Marco; Spampinato, Marcello; Gravina, Fernanda Sbaraini; Andreazzoli, Francesca

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“…The workshop is accompanied by a walk through Piazza dei Miracoli (where the famous Leaning Tower is located) and the walkway on the ancient City Walls of Pisa, which has recently opened to the public, to discover their "stones" that tell of journeys, imports, plunders and local quarrying activities ( Figure 9). In literature, there are several papers describing in detail the main stones used in Pisa [21][22][23][24] and on the medieval stones of the western Tuscany [25][26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

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“…In the framework of "Settimana del Pianeta Terra", a national program for the diffusion and dissemination of the Earth Sciences, we organized some activities such as: a) walking in Pisa and Lucca to recognize the stones used as building materials in the center of Pisa during the Middle Age (DST-UniPi) [31]; b) temporary exhibition of ornamental stones at the research area of Pisa (IGG-CNR); c) thematic conference and city walk titled: Territory, Geo-Resources and Cultural Heritage: Examples of "Urban Petrography" in Sicily and Tuscany, IGG-CNR in collaboration with the Museum of Mineralogy (DiSTeM, UniPa) ( Figure 10). In literature, there are several papers describing in detail the main stones used in Pisa [21][22][23][24] and on the medieval stones of the western Tuscany [25][26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

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Geological and Cultural Heritage: Dissemination Experiences in Tuscany

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Abebe²,

Aquino

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We report on some recent experiences of scientific dissemination activities on geomaterials carried out by a network of scientific organizations in Tuscany (Italy). The primary message we want to disseminate is that even the most “insignificant” rock (e.g., those constituting the bar or kitchen counter-tops) stores in their interior very useful information beyond the beautiful colors and their aesthetic appearance. These rocks can tell stories of very old geological periods on how they were formed. Their structures, texture and shape, as well as their chemistry and mineralogy provide clues to the reconstruction of geological events. Moreover, the rocks used in urban architecture and monuments are an inexhaustible archive containing a lot of historical and economic information on the development of a city and its surrounding area. The role of geologists, in this context, is to provide to the public, in clear and engaging language, the tools necessary to solve the puzzle (i.e., identify the most important types of rocks and rock-forming minerals, know their physico-chemical properties, their textures and structures and discover the environments in which they formed). A specific objective of this work is to stimulate an exchange between various research organizations (universities, public research institutions, museums, associations, etc.) and the civil society.

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