@article{ref1,
title="The reconstruction of the Cathedral of Noto RID A-9251-2010",
journal="Construction and building materials",
year="2003",
author="Tringali, S. and De Benedictis, R. and La Rosa, R. and Russo, C. and Bramante, A. and Gavarini, C. and Valente, G. and Ceradini, V. and Tocci, C. and Tobriner, Stephen O. and Maugeri, M. and Binda, L. and Baronio, G.",
volume="17",
number="8",
pages="573-578",
abstract="The Cathedral of Noto, one of the most important baroque monuments that   has given notoriety to the town of Noto, collapsed in the 13th of March   1996, approximately 5 years after the earthquake of 'Santa Lucia' that   took place in December 13th 1990. The collapse has pointed out serious   deficiencies in constructive materials of pilasters, even in their   capacity to support vertical loads. That is why the earthquake of 1990   has acted as 'the last blow', coming after a long period of fatigue.   Instead, the geometry of the church results to be 'good', and for this   reason the reconstruction design consists merely in new pilasters, well   made with local material, the well known 'pietra di Noto' and the   replacement is going to take place both on the right, in the place of   the collapsed pilasters, and on the left, in substitution of the old   pilasters, really not adaptive for restoration. In this way, and with   few other interventions, the 'new' church should result capable to   resist to earthquakes similar to the one that occurred in 1693. (C) 2003   Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0950-0618",
doi="10.1016/S0950-0618(03)00052-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0950-0618(03)00052-7"
}