Abstract
Abstract. This essay describes an integrated approach – field survey, historic research, climate data, and topography – for the analysis of a complex stratigraphical archaeological site, highlighting its peculiar aspects and its conservation state, and contributing to the studies of this area. The case study is San Calocero monastery in Albenga, one of the most important historical evidence of the city, located on the San Martino Hillside, dating back to the VI century but with a complex historical stratigraphy until the XVI century, along with other relevant archaeological sites, such as the Baptistery, the Ponte Lungo, the churches of San Clemente and San Vittore, which, as long as San Calocero, went through several changes over the years.
Highlights
The object of this study is the monastery of San Calocero in Albenga with the goal of expanding the existing knowledge on the building itself and its territory through a ‘global’ approach that involves different disciplines and sources
Its built heritage is made of many important archaeological sites, like the Via Julia Augusta and its Roman ruins, the monastery of San Calocero, the church of San Clemente, the church of San Vittore and the Baptistery
The methodology used to carry out the research on the San Calocero monastery is based on an integrated approach that helps capture the different stratigraphy and changing complexity of the archaeological site
Summary
The object of this study is the monastery of San Calocero in Albenga with the goal of expanding the existing knowledge on the building itself and its territory through a ‘global’ approach that involves different disciplines and sources. Its built heritage is made of many important archaeological sites, like the Via Julia Augusta and its Roman ruins, the monastery of San Calocero, the church of San Clemente, the church of San Vittore and the Baptistery. Their historical and cultural relevance is well-known, they are subject to constant and severe decay. The town and its territory is an interesting case study for three main reasons: its landscape, characterized by the Centa River Valley, surrounded by hills, and touched by the sea; the great
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