La chiesa dei SS. Pietro e Paolo d’Agrò a Casalvecchio Siculo (ME): restauri e prime indagini archeologiche di lettura degli elevati | The Church of Saints Peter and Paul of Agrò in Casalvecchio Siculo (Messina): restorations and initial archaeological investigations of the masonry structures

Abstract

The church of Ss. Peter and Paul in Agrò (ME) represents one of the later Greek monastic architectures in Valdemone. Despite the sometimes invasive mid-twentieth-century restorations, the church of Agrò retains, in the skillful use of different building materials and in the diversification of the wall faces, traces of the construction site completed in 1172. The elevation archaeological study project that is underway on the Agrò monastic complex aims to define the presence or absence of construction phases earlier than the one commonly ascertained, as well as to study the organization of the workers in the third quarter of the 12th century.