Indagine conoscitiva, per l’analisi di vulnerabilità, di due centri storici liguri

The present paper describes the application of a multidisciplinary procedure aimed at an articulated knowledge both of the materials, the morphology, the constructive details of the masonry elements, and of the mechanical behaviour and the possible collapse mechanisms of buildings placed in some historic centres of western Liguria. Western Liguria is a greatly interesting area, considering both its seismic history, and the characteristics of its buildings. The historic centres of Bajardo, Taggia (Imperia) and other are still displaying the signs of damage suffered during the earthquake of 1887, to which the problems due to the lack of maintenance, and in many cases of abandon, have overlapped. Particular attention has been paid to monumental buildings and to residential buildings especially interesting due to the adopted constructive techniques and/or due to a complex constructive evolution in time.