Geological Insights on the Calcareous Tufas (<i>Pietra Spugna)</i> Used as Building and Ornamental Stones in the UNESCO Historical Centre of Urbino (Marche Region, Italy)

Geological Insights on the Calcareous Tufas (<i>Pietra Spugna)</i> Used as Building and Ornamental Stones in the UNESCO Historical Centre of Urbino (Marche Region, Italy)

This study is addressed at the cultural heritage of the UNESCO historical centre of Urbino (Italy) through the focus on a very peculiar building and ornamental carbonate porous (spongy) stone also found in the opus quadratum Roman dry walls. For these rocks, the mathematician and historian Bernardin...

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Main Authors: Patrizia Santi, Alberto Renzulli, Francesco Veneri, Gianluigi Tonelli, Mario Tramontana, Marco Taussi, Lucio Calcagnile, Gianluca Quarta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Heritage
Subjects:
cultural heritage
calcareous tufa
travertine
<sup>14</sup>C dating
C and O stable isotopes
building and ornamental stone
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/5/223

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