Building Stones of Milan and Lombardy : Volume 2: Stones of Lombardy

Milan and Lombardy have played an important role in the Italian country since the Roman period. This importance is reflected also by the diffusion of stone architecture: a persisting trait of Milan architecture was the use of different stones in the same building. Milan lies in the middle of the alluvial plain of the Po, far from the stone quarries; some waterways were dug out in order to supply the building stones from the surrounding territories. The study of stone as building material was significant at the end of 19th century, but then it was largely neglected by both architects and geologists. So it is significant to suggest a study about the stones employed to build in Milan (Volume 1) in relationship with a petrographic study about the features of the stones quarried in the whole Lombard territory (Volume 2). Volume 2 contains the description of the features of the stones reported in Volume 1. These features include metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Alpine area; sedimentary rocks and loose materials of the Prealpine area; sedimentary rocks of the Apennine area; and loose sediments of the Padania plain. Some stones, coming from other northern Italian regions, and used in Lombard architecture, are also described. Each stone is described in a "card" containing commercial and historical names, petrographic classification, macroscopic features, mineralogical composition, microscopic features, geological setting, quarry sites, transport to yards, morphology of dressed elements and surface handworking, use in architecture in the whole Lombard territory and abroad and decay morphologies. A particular investigation is addressed to the stones used during the 20th century; a great part of them were never used before in Milan and in Lombardy. "Milan has played an important role in the Italian country since the Roman period. This importance is reflected also by the diffusion of stone architecture: a persisting trait of Milan architecture was the use of different stones in the same building. Milan lies in the middle of the alluvial plain of the Po, far from the stone quarries; some waterways were dug out in order to supply the building stones from the surrounding territories. The study of stone as building material was significant at the end of 19th century, but then it was largely neglected by both architects and geologists. So it is significant to suggest a study about the stones employed to build in Milan (Volume 1) in relationship with a petrographic study about the features of the stones quarried in the whole Lombard territory (Volume 2). The present volume contains a record of Milanese edifices marking the different historical periods. Each edifice is described in a "card" containing: the building history, the architect, the kind of stone employed and subdivided according to the different parts of the building, the shape of stone elements. A particular investigation is addressed to the stones used during the 20th century, a great part of them was never used before in Milan (and in Lombardy)"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface to the second volume 1 Geology of Lombardy: geological chronology and petrographical classification of Lombard stones 2 Stone quarrying, transporting and dressing in Milan and Lombardy 3 Decay phenomena on building stones of Lombardy Part I Lombardy 4 Stones from province of Bergamo 5 Stones from province of Brescia 6 Stones from provinces of Como and Lecco 7 Stones from province of Pavia 8 Stones from province of Sondrio 9 Stones from province of Varese 10 Stones from province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Part II Other Italian regions 11 Stones from Apulia 12 Stones of Friuli Venezia-Giulia 13 Stones from Latium 14 Stones from Liguria 15 Stones from Piedmont 16 Stones of Trentino-Alto Adige 17 Stones from Tuscany and Sardinia 18 Stones from Veneto Part III Foreign countries 19 Stones from Europe, Africa, the Americas Part IV Stone materials 20 Coloured marbles (opus sectile, inlay) 21 Mortar and plaster 22 Brick and artificial stone Part V Building structures 23 Masonry 24 Pavements Part VI Special artefacts 25 Church altars 26 Monuments 27 Funeral chapels of Cimitero Monumentale Atlas of stones and their textures Index Volume 2 contains the description of the features of the stones reported in the Volume 1. These features include: metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Alpine area; sedimentary rocks and loose materials of the Prealpine area; sedimentary rocks of the Apennine area; loose sediments of the Padania plain.