The Restoration site on an house in Monopoli, Largo Castello, N. 5

The subject of this contribution is the restoration area of a communal building "Galanto House", located in the historical centre of Monopoli. This city have ancient origins and it’s overlooking the Adriatic Sea, in the province of Bari. The location of this house is privileged and for its proximity to Castle of Charles V and overlooking the old fishing harbour. the latter, in turn, is characterized by a fragment of the ancient walls of the XVI century town house with its gunship, still legible. the abandoned building for several years, despite its proximity to the sea, while still maintaining its structure. preliminary investigations in the project have established two important phases of construction of the building: the first (XVI-XVIII century) - service environment of the Castle, characterized by a section of walls with gunboat and a leaning environment for housing the cannon. The second (XIX -XXI century) - home. The new morphological arrangement of Largo Castle next to the realization of the docks of the Port works (1866), determines the redevelopment of the building into a dwelling. the artifact inside runs a backfill of about 2 m of leaning environments to the ancient walls and simultaneously proceed with the emptying of the same at the new internal quota, to allow the house to enjoy the picturesque view of the Port. The goal of this restoration project is to extend also to goods not covered technical methods and practices of restoration and conservation through a process of renovation in order to return the house to its historical value, through measures designed to reading, there where possible, the stratigraphy of the building. The removal of the backfill in the home will shed light on the ancient masonry and gunboat, which will reintegrate in an area privileged environment. The project also provides for the use of dry stratified technologies such as steel structures which allow a fair reversibility; recovery techniques of the local tradition and use of innovative processes in technological solutions.