The Tempietto Longobardo of Cividale: the transformation “tale” as a contribution for its “care”
The Tempietto Longobardo of Cividale represents an important expression of the longobard architecture
and art in Italy. The recognizing path as a sign of its spatial, historical and temporal reality is the focus of
this essay. A tale useful both to describe the “transformation” starting from the affirmation of a modern
conception of restoration, and also to contribute to its “care”. The long tradition of the restoration culture
developed a diachronic vision of the conservation problems, highlighting the importance of the “memory of
the construction” for preventive purposes and underlining the need for historical knowledge that is “useful”
to this aim. To this purpose the documentation of the architectural and decorative asset of the Tempietto is
useful to identify the addition and removal actions referable to the different restoration interventions that
have marked the monument above all in the 19th
and 20th century, with particular attention to the invisible
interventions, linked to the structural components, from the curbs to the different principal and tie-rods.
