Fabio Fratini
Biographic Data
| ID | 89355 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fabio Fratini |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fabio |
| FAMILY NAME | Fratini |
| SIGNATURE | FRATINI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research Council |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7314-8872 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Heritage at Risk
Throughout history, people have always faced challenges in the collection and distribution of water in its various forms. The collection and transportation of ice, in particular, posed significant difficulties. Since antiquity ice storage and distribution systems, such as ice-houses, have been employed worldwide. Mediterranean countries have, over time, developed extensive ice storage and distribution networks. Snow was collected at high altitude…
Historical Use of Travertine in the Tuscan Architecture (Italy)
The landscape of an area is not only made up of natural elements but also of man-made elements represented by civil and agricultural artefacts and much more. These elements used to blend aesthetically and harmoniously with the landscape itself thanks to the use of local building materials. Particularly, this contribution examines the use of the travertine in the architecture of the Tuscany region from the Etruscan time to the contemporary age. In…
Conservation of Earthen Bricks in Architecture
Earthen architecture, by its nature, is a fragile because it has a poor resistance toward the action of weathering, which has also increased in recent years through the effects of climate change. The presence of interesting examples of earthen brick buildings, for example, in the Piedmont Region of Italy, is characterised by the absence of rendering, which reveals the need to test treatments for the protection and/or strengthening of the walls of…
Geochemical and isotopic provenance determination of gypsum used for stucco artworks
Gypsiferous rocks of Tuscany and derived materials (i.e. alabaster, stucco and gesso) have been frequently used as sculptural materials. Remarkable examples are attested from the Renaissance Florence. At the junction of two ongoing programs, dealing respectively with the study of 15th century stucco reliefs (called Madonne di gesso) and the provenance of European alabasters used in artworks, an investigation on raw gypsum supply was conducted via…
Diagnostics and Monitoring to Preserve a Hypogeum Site
Conservation of hypogea and their accessibility by the visitors is a hard question, due to the interaction of different factors such as the intrinsic characteristics of the hypogeal environments and the presence of public. A particular case is represented by the Mithraeum of Marino Laziale, located a few kilometers away from Rome and accidentally discovered in the 1960s. The uniqueness of the discovery was the presence of a well-preserved paintin…
Pietra Alberese
The PietraAlberese is a marly limestone belonging to the Ligurian series (Monte Morello Formation of Eocene age). It is a material rarely mentioned in the historical Florentine architecture because the Pietraforte, the stone of the Medieval Florence and the Pietra Serena, the stone of the Renaissance, were the main lithotypes commonly used in those periods. Nevertheless, the Pietra Alberese has been widely utilized to build the town, because it i…
Italy and China Sharing Best Practices on the Sustainable Development of Small Underground Settlements
Both Southern Italy and Central China feature historic rural settlements characterized by underground constructions with residential and service functions. Many of these areas are currently tackling economic, social and environmental problems, resulting in unemployment, disengagement, depopulation, marginalization or loss of cultural and biological diversity. Both in Europe and in China, policies for rural development address three core areas of …
The marly limestone, a difficult material to restore
A masterpiece of early Islamic architecture
Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars
A multi analytical approach to discriminate the Italian colored marble “Portasanta” from Portasanta “Marmor Chium” (Greece)
What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela Unesco's world heritage site are made of
Characterization of the Amphorae, Stone Ballast and Stowage Materials of the Ships From the Archaeological Site of Pisa–san Rossore, Italy
In December 1998, during excavation for the construction of a new building near San Rossore railway station in Pisa, the remains of ancient ships were discovered. These findings have been dated (radiocarbon) to between the end of the 10th century bc and the fifth century ad ( Belluomini et al. 2002 ). Several transport amphorae belonging to the Hellenistic ship, samples of rocks (stone ballast) belonging to ships B, D and the Hellenistic ship, an…
Artificial stones utilised in Florence historical palaces between the XIX and XX centuries
Ionoluminescence and Cathodoluminescence in Marbles of Historic and Architectural Interest
Ion beam induced luminescence (IBIL) was applied, along with cathodoluminescence (CL), on seven samples of marbles of historic and architectural interest. The CL colours, observed in a cold cathode device, have been related to the IBIL spectra. Moreover, a detailed analysis of the IBIL spectral features has made it possible to disclose the influence of the chemical composition and to emphasize the crystal‐chemical role of the Mn 2+ . Beyond the c…
Characterization of the Amphorae, Stone Ballast and Stowage Materials of the Ships From the Archaeological Site of Pisa–san Rossore, Italy
In December 1998, during excavation for the construction of a new building near San Rossore railway station in Pisa, the remains of ancient ships were discovered. These findings have been dated (radiocarbon) to between the end of the 10th century bc and the fifth century ad ( Belluomini et al. 2002 ). Several transport amphorae belonging to the Hellenistic ship, samples of rocks (stone ballast) belonging to ships B, D and the Hellenistic ship, an…
Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars
Diagnostics and Monitoring to Preserve a Hypogeum Site
Conservation of hypogea and their accessibility by the visitors is a hard question, due to the interaction of different factors such as the intrinsic characteristics of the hypogeal environments and the presence of public. A particular case is represented by the Mithraeum of Marino Laziale, located a few kilometers away from Rome and accidentally discovered in the 1960s. The uniqueness of the discovery was the presence of a well-preserved paintin…
A multi analytical approach to discriminate the Italian colored marble “Portasanta” from Portasanta “Marmor Chium” (Greece)
Artificial stones utilised in Florence historical palaces between the XIX and XX centuries
Ionoluminescence and Cathodoluminescence in Marbles of Historic and Architectural Interest
Ion beam induced luminescence (IBIL) was applied, along with cathodoluminescence (CL), on seven samples of marbles of historic and architectural interest. The CL colours, observed in a cold cathode device, have been related to the IBIL spectra. Moreover, a detailed analysis of the IBIL spectral features has made it possible to disclose the influence of the chemical composition and to emphasize the crystal‐chemical role of the Mn 2+ . Beyond the c…
Pietra Alberese
The PietraAlberese is a marly limestone belonging to the Ligurian series (Monte Morello Formation of Eocene age). It is a material rarely mentioned in the historical Florentine architecture because the Pietraforte, the stone of the Medieval Florence and the Pietra Serena, the stone of the Renaissance, were the main lithotypes commonly used in those periods. Nevertheless, the Pietra Alberese has been widely utilized to build the town, because it i…
A masterpiece of early Islamic architecture
What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela Unesco's world heritage site are made of
Ionoluminescence and Cathodoluminescence in Marbles of Historic and Architectural Interest
Ion beam induced luminescence (IBIL) was applied, along with cathodoluminescence (CL), on seven samples of marbles of historic and architectural interest. The CL colours, observed in a cold cathode device, have been related to the IBIL spectra. Moreover, a detailed analysis of the IBIL spectral features has made it possible to disclose the influence of the chemical composition and to emphasize the crystal‐chemical role of the Mn 2+ . Beyond the c…
Artificial stones utilised in Florence historical palaces between the XIX and XX centuries
Characterization of the Amphorae, Stone Ballast and Stowage Materials of the Ships From the Archaeological Site of Pisa–san Rossore, Italy
In December 1998, during excavation for the construction of a new building near San Rossore railway station in Pisa, the remains of ancient ships were discovered. These findings have been dated (radiocarbon) to between the end of the 10th century bc and the fifth century ad ( Belluomini et al. 2002 ). Several transport amphorae belonging to the Hellenistic ship, samples of rocks (stone ballast) belonging to ships B, D and the Hellenistic ship, an…
What kind of volcanite the rock-hewn churches of the Lalibela Unesco's world heritage site are made of
A multi analytical approach to discriminate the Italian colored marble “Portasanta” from Portasanta “Marmor Chium” (Greece)
Archaeometric study of natural hydraulic mortars
The marly limestone, a difficult material to restore
A masterpiece of early Islamic architecture
Italy and China Sharing Best Practices on the Sustainable Development of Small Underground Settlements
Both Southern Italy and Central China feature historic rural settlements characterized by underground constructions with residential and service functions. Many of these areas are currently tackling economic, social and environmental problems, resulting in unemployment, disengagement, depopulation, marginalization or loss of cultural and biological diversity. Both in Europe and in China, policies for rural development address three core areas of …
Pietra Alberese
The PietraAlberese is a marly limestone belonging to the Ligurian series (Monte Morello Formation of Eocene age). It is a material rarely mentioned in the historical Florentine architecture because the Pietraforte, the stone of the Medieval Florence and the Pietra Serena, the stone of the Renaissance, were the main lithotypes commonly used in those periods. Nevertheless, the Pietra Alberese has been widely utilized to build the town, because it i…
Geochemical and isotopic provenance determination of gypsum used for stucco artworks
Gypsiferous rocks of Tuscany and derived materials (i.e. alabaster, stucco and gesso) have been frequently used as sculptural materials. Remarkable examples are attested from the Renaissance Florence. At the junction of two ongoing programs, dealing respectively with the study of 15th century stucco reliefs (called Madonne di gesso) and the provenance of European alabasters used in artworks, an investigation on raw gypsum supply was conducted via…
Diagnostics and Monitoring to Preserve a Hypogeum Site
Conservation of hypogea and their accessibility by the visitors is a hard question, due to the interaction of different factors such as the intrinsic characteristics of the hypogeal environments and the presence of public. A particular case is represented by the Mithraeum of Marino Laziale, located a few kilometers away from Rome and accidentally discovered in the 1960s. The uniqueness of the discovery was the presence of a well-preserved paintin…
Conservation of Earthen Bricks in Architecture
Earthen architecture, by its nature, is a fragile because it has a poor resistance toward the action of weathering, which has also increased in recent years through the effects of climate change. The presence of interesting examples of earthen brick buildings, for example, in the Piedmont Region of Italy, is characterised by the absence of rendering, which reveals the need to test treatments for the protection and/or strengthening of the walls of…
Historical Use of Travertine in the Tuscan Architecture (Italy)
The landscape of an area is not only made up of natural elements but also of man-made elements represented by civil and agricultural artefacts and much more. These elements used to blend aesthetically and harmoniously with the landscape itself thanks to the use of local building materials. Particularly, this contribution examines the use of the travertine in the architecture of the Tuscany region from the Etruscan time to the contemporary age. In…
Heritage at Risk
Throughout history, people have always faced challenges in the collection and distribution of water in its various forms. The collection and transportation of ice, in particular, posed significant difficulties. Since antiquity ice storage and distribution systems, such as ice-houses, have been employed worldwide. Mediterranean countries have, over time, developed extensive ice storage and distribution networks. Snow was collected at high altitude…
Building materials and conservation (13 works) · Archaeology (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Conservation Techniques and Studies (10 works) · Geology (10 works) · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis (9 works) · Geochemistry (5 works) · Mineralogy (5 works) · Cultural heritage (4 works) · Materials Science (4 works)