Il laterizio come evidenza storica: mutazione materiale e costruttiva nel complesso di S. Saba a Roma

This paper moves from a Phd thesis, focussing on the transformation process of Saint Saba complex in Rome and on its protection and conservation issues. Within the research, an important role has been played by masonries direct analysis. Saint Saba masonries are mostly made of brick and have been investigated through features identification, wall distribution and stratigraphic relations. Moreover, direct observations results have been merged with archival sources, survey data, geometrical and proportional considerations. To complete the study, also architectural features have been taken into account. A further attention has lightened specific values related to materials that constitute masonries. These values mainly refer to the different functions that, either the single buildings or the whole complex, have been assuming through time.