La volta della Sala dei Baroni di Castel Nuovo a Napoli

Abstract

The essay re-examines the historiographical issue that in Italy still involves the vault of the Sala dei Baroni of the Castel Nuovo in Naples. The construction process that led to the realization of one of the largest stone vaults of the fifteenth century is investigated through the existing documentary sources and answers are offered on practices and methods (especially for saving wooden scaffolding) used by the team of masters led by Guillem Sagrera.