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S. ANGELO ABBEY

S. ANGELO ABBEY. The abbey of S. Angelo was built on sedimentary carbonatic rocks belonging to The Panormide formation which outcrops in the area of S. Michele (Basilicata, South-east Italy). This formation is made up by dark-grey limestones.

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S. ANGELO ABBEY

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  1. S. ANGELO ABBEY The abbey of S. Angelo was built on sedimentary carbonatic rocks belonging to The Panormide formation which outcrops in the area of S. Michele (Basilicata, South-east Italy). This formation is made up by dark-grey limestones.

  2. The masonries are in “opus incertum” (Stonework): made up by pieces of stones, of different dimension, arranged with sides join together and consisting of different tipe of blocks linked with mortar.

  3. STONE MATERIALS OF S. ANGELO ABBEY 500mm • From preliminary observations was identified three mainly type of rocks used for the building of S. Angelo Abbey: LIMESTONE dark grey, layered or massive from the “Complesso Panormide” which outcrops near S.Angelo Abbey. In thin section the rock seem to be a biosparitic calcarenit with fossil fragments.

  4. STONE MATERIALS OF S. ANGELO ABBEY Travertine stones from the main portal Other ornamental materials The thin section is refered to a biosparitic limestone (uncertain origin) which forms the base of the arc of the main portal. 500mm 400mm TRAVERTINE white-yellowish belonging from outcrops near S. Chirico Raparo and S. Martino D’Agri countries, used as ornamental material. In thin section the travertine is a continental depositional rock formed by calcareous concretions.

  5. STONE MATERIALS OF S. ANGELO ABBEY 500mm QUARTZOSE-ARENITE grey-yellowish belonging from Gorgoglione’s Flysh. In thin section the rock is composed mainly by quartz, calcite, plagioclase as subrounded grains and well sorting.

  6. The mortars of S.Angelo Abbey SCR 8 SCR 6 SCR 9 SCR 7 SCR 10 Mortars came from different part of the masonries of S.Angelo Abbey. During the sampling mortars SCR 6-7-8-9 was refered to the first fase of building, while the sample SCR 10 to the second one.

  7. SCR 6 SCR 10 500mm 500mm SCR 7 SCR 9 500mm 500mm From the analises in M.o.t. mortars are classify in two different tipe: Mortar by lime (Probably Hydraulic?) with fragments of sedimentary rocks and single aggregate (SCR 6-8-10) Mortar by lime and sand with “cocciopesto” (SCR 7-9)

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