Intervenții de conservare și restaurare a ruinelor Capului de Pod al lui Traian de la Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Conservation and Restoration Interventions on the Ruins of Trajan’s Bridge in Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Summary/Abstract: The participation in the restoration of the ruins of Trajan’s Bridge in Drobeta-Turnu Severin offered the opportunity of a thorough knowledge with multiple bearings of a monument, whose restoration involved complex works. The article is divided in three main parts. First, it reviews the historical information on the monument, its evolution, and the previous interventions on it. Second, it presents the bridge’s details of construction and technique, some of which were previously unknown and were facilitated by the direct knowledge of the monument. Finally, it offers an overview of the conservation state, degradation phenomena, and restoration works that were undertaken for the purpose of recovering the initial materials and for conserving, restoring, and highlighting the bridge’s ruins.

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