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Journal of Cultural Heritage 14 (2013) 116–121 Available online at Original article Preventive thermographic diagnosis of historical buildings for consolidation Domenica Paoletti a , Dario Ambrosini a , Stefano Sfarra a , Fabio Bisegna b,∗ a DIMEG, University of L’Aquila, Via G. Gronchi 18, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy b SAPIENZA, University of Rome, Department of Astronautical, Electrical and Energetic Engineering, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Conserving architectural heritage usually requires a multidisciplinary approach involving a variety of Received 30 April 2012 professionals and organizations. Since the evaluation of the state of conservation of historical buildings Accepted 28 May 2012 using destructive techniques should be avoided to prevent the integrity of the cultural heritage, the devel- Available online 29 June 2012 opment of non-destructive and non-contact techniques is very important. InfraRed (IR) thermography is a non-destructive powerful tool for fast and accurate building diagnostics. In the investigation of historical Keywords: structures, where a restoration or conservation treatment can cause irreversible damage to the structure, Historical buildings it is considered to be of most importance. A campaign of thermographic surveys were conducted on a Thermography large part of the historical cultural heritage of L’Aq