Study on the stability of the North Wing (16th century General Curia) in the monumental complex of
Santa Sabina in Rome: anamnesis and diagnosis process, preliminary to the consolidation intervention
In the monumental complex of Santa Sabina – Aventino – Rome, for some years there have been some
cracking phenomena of a non-negligible extent, subjected to repeated monitoring to verify their evolution
over time. In 2014 the property decided to proceed with the definition of a consolidation intervention
to definitively resolve the issue and secure the building on the occasion of a larger restoration project;
therefore an indispensable in-depth knowledge is proposed to the client in order to identify the main
causes of any ongoing failures. The entire anamnesis procedure put in place for a correct preliminary
diagnosis of the intervention is exposed, to be carried out with a view to the “minimum intervention”,
respecting the original resistant body of the factory. The careful structural reading of the factory and its
interaction and/or hierarchical relationships with the contiguous factories has made it possible to develop
a plan of instrumental investigations aimed and limited to the essential.