The Candoglia Marble and the 'Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano': A Renowned Georesource to Be Potentially Designed as Global Heritage Stone
| Autor: | Elio Corbetta, Francesco Canali, Alessandro Borghi, Barry Cooper, Daniele Castelli, Giovanna Antonella Dino |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Dino, Giovanna Antonella, Borghi, Alessandro, Castelli, Daniele, Canali, Francesco, Corbetta, Elio, Cooper, Barry |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development lcsh:TJ807-830 lcsh:Renewable energy sources Management Monitoring Policy and Law 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences geoheritage heitage stone petrographic analysis lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common lcsh:GE1-350 Sculpture Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Art cultural heritage Archaeology Cultural heritage Candoglia marble lcsh:TD194-195 Ivrea zone Geoheritage Gray colour Duomo di Milano Candoglia marble Duomo di Milano petrographic analysis geoheritage heitage stone cultural heritage cultural stone |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 11, Iss 17, p 4725 (2019) Sustainability Volume 11 Issue 17 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | Marbles from Alpine area have been widely employed to build and decorate masterpieces and buildings which often represent the cultural heritage of an area (statuary, historic buildings and sculptures). Candoglia marble, object of the present research, is one of the most famous and appreciated marbles from Alpine area it has been quarried since Roman times in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VCO Piemonte &ndash NW Italy) extractive area. Candoglia Marble outcrops are present as lenses within the high-grade paragneisses of the Ivrea Zone, a visible section of deep continental crust characterised by amphibolite- to granulite-facies metamorphism (Palaeozoic period). Candoglia calcitic marble (80&ndash 85% CaCO3 and the 15&ndash 20% other minerals) shows a characteristic pink to gray colour and a coarse-grained texture (> 3 mm): frequent centimetre-thick dark-greenish silicate layers (mainly represented by diopside and tremolite) characterize the texture of the marble. It has been largely used in local rural constructions and historical buildings, but its most famous application has been (and still is) for the &ldquo Duomo di Milano&rdquo construction (fourteenth century). The Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano carried out the anthropogenic activities dealing with the Candoglia marble exploitation it has to be highlighted that the company have managed the Marble exploitation during the last seven centuries and that the quarry itself is a tangible sign of the development of extraction and heritage in the VCO area. Candoglia marble can be recognized as a significant example of a &ldquo Global Heritage Stone Resource&rdquo its exploitation from quarry to building (the Duomo di Milano) well represents the close correlation between stone and cultural heritage, between georesources and humankind development |
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