PSI - Issue 29

Ing. Paolo Iannelli et al. / Procedia Structural Integrity 29 (2020) 1–7 Paolo Iannelli / Structural Integrity Procedia 00 (2019) 000 – 000

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In this regard, it is worth noting the importance playedby the historical archives in preserving the collective cultural identity of entire populations. The seismic events that occurred in 2016, startingon August 24, involved four regions: Abruzzo,Marche, Lazio, and Umbria. These events had high seismic intensity and distribution and caused severe damage to the cultural heritage, involvingabout 5,100 buildings of cultural interest. In order to evaluate the extension and type of damage, about 5,200 surveys have been made, including first and second-levels surveys. In some cases, more than one surveyhas been made on the same item to check the evolution of the damage scenario due to the occurrence of further seismic events. The safeguardingof movable goods belonging to the cultural heritage was undertaken by the fire department and the army, which provided temporaryprotection through proper devices. Inmanycases, the contents of buildings were removed and placed in temporary storage facilities, four of which were managed by the MiBACT ( Caserma dei Carabinieri Forestali a t Cittaducale, Santo Chiodo depot a t Spoleto, Forte Malatesta at Ascoli Piceno, and Mole Vanvitelliana a t Ancona).

Figure 2. Map of the towns involved in the earthquake in 2016

The updateddata regardingeach single region are summarizedbelow. Damaged buildings of cultural interest (palaces, churches, etc.) in the Marche Region (data are provided by the SABAP Marche) number over 3,000, with 115,014 recovered items. These items have been placed in the storage facilities (managed by MiBACT, the diocese, and municipalities) within Mole Vanvitelliana a t Ancona, Palazzo VecchioEpiscopi a t San SeverinoMarche, Venanzina Pennesi and Aule Medievali a t Camerino, and ForteMalatesta a t Ascoli Piceno. The rubble has beendeposited in TolentinoandMonterandone. In Umbria (da ta providedby SABAPUmbria ), there have been 634 damaged buildings (both civil and religious), and 2,011 archival items and 6,900 books have been recovered. Over one hundred (103) buildings have been evacuated, and4,838movable goods have been recovered. Thestorage facilities used for the movable goods are Santo Chiodo and Archiviodi Stato at Spoletoand the S. Scolastica a tNorcia (PG). In Lazio (data provided by SABAP Lazio ), many movable goods have been recovered from damaged churches, especia lly in the area of Rieti. Limiting the information to the Rieti province, the churches include: Santa Maria