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Acknowledgments The activities described in this paper were carried out within the research project “GENESIS – seismic risk manaGEmeNt for tourist valorization thE hiStorIcal centers of Southern Italy”, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research under the PNR 2015-2020 programme (call: D.D. n. 1735, 13/07/2017 – Industrial Research and Experimental Development Projects in the 12 Areas of Specialization identified by the PNR 2015-2020 – Specialization Area: Cultural Heritage – Project proposal: ARS01_00883). The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to Arch. Gaetano Gioveni for his valuable support and insightful contributions to the development of this work. References Alexakis, H., & Makris, N. (2015). Limit equilibrium analysis of masonry arches. Archive of Applied Mechanics , 85 (9 – 10), 1363 – 1381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00419-014-0963-6 Bianchini, N., Mendes, N., Calderini, C., Candeias, P. X., Rossi, M., & Lourenço, P. B. (2022). Seismic response of a small-scale masonry groin vault: experimental investigation by performing quasi-static and shake table tests. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering , 20 (3), 1739 – 1765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01280-0 Carfagnini, C., Baraccani, S., Silvestri, S., & Theodossopoulos, D. (2018). The effects of in-plane shear displacements at the springings of Gothic cross vaults. Construction and Building Materials , 186 , 219 – 232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.07.055 D’Altri, A. M., Castellazzi, G., de Miranda, S., & Tralli, A. (2017). Seismic -induced damage in historical masonry vaults: A case-study in the 2012 Emilia earthquake-stricken area. Journal of Building Engineering , 13 , 224 – 243. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JOBE.2017.08.005 Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp. (2023). ABAQUS. In Providence, Ri, USA . De Matteis, G., Brando, G., & Corlito, V. (2019). Predictive model for seismic vulnerability assessment of churches based on the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering , 17 (9), 4909 – 4936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-019-00656-7 Fagone, M., Rotunno, T., & Bati, S. B. (2016). The Groin Vaults of St. John Hospital in Jerusalem: An Experimental Analysis on a Scale Model. International Journal of Architectural Heritage , 10 (7), 903 – 918. https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2016.1158331 Fossetti, M., Iacono, F. Lo, Minafò, G., Navarra, G., & Tesoriere, G. (2017). A new large scale laboratory: The LEDA research centre (Laboratory of Earthquake engineering and Dynamic Analysis). International Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering , 2017-September , 699 – 717. https://doi.org/10.7414/7AESE.T6.18 Gago, A. S., Alfaiate, J., & Lamas, A. (2011). The effect of the infill in arched structures: Analytical and numerical modelling. Engineering Structures , 33 (5), 1450 – 1458. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENGSTRUCT.2010.12.037 Galassi, S., & Tempesta, G. (2019). The Matlab code of the method based on the Full Range Factor for assessing the safety of masonry arches. MethodsX , 6 , 1521 – 1542. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MEX.2019.05.033 Lee, J., & Fenves, G. L. (1998). Plastic-Damage Model for Cyclic Loading of Concrete Structures. Journal of Engineering Mechanics , 124 (8), 892 – 900. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:8(892) Lubliner, J., Oliver, J., Oller, S., & Oñate, E. (1989). A plastic-damage model for concrete. International Journal of Solids and Structures , 25 (3), 299 – 326. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(89)90050-4 Rouhi, J., Gioia, A., Zizi, M., Chisari, C., & De Matteis, G. (2022). Structural features of St. Michele Arcangelo Cathedral in Casertavecchia, Italy: a preliminary investigation. In B. C. C. , M. A. H. Abdalla K.M. (Ed.), CESARE Conference Publications (p. 278949). Jordan University of Science and Technology. Zampieri, P., Niero, L., & Pellegrino, C. (2024). The thrust line in masonry arches: a new simplified algorithm. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering , ahead-of-print . https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2024.2364794