The Church of Madonna del Carmine in Melpignano (Lecce): From Diagnostics to the Restoration Project

Abstract

The paper report the analysis on the microbial colonization of different samples taken from the façade and from the walls of the nave, of the Church of Madonna del Carmine in Melpignano (Lecce, Italy). These informations allowed an improving of the results of a previous analysis based on morphological observation of patina. Tthe identification of microorganisms with the assessment of their prevalence allows the planning of restoration interventions, with particular attention to set up unfavourable environmental conditions, in order to control the growth of microorganisms