Pavimentazioni in cotto: esempi dalla Ferrara estense. Restauro e pratiche manutentive antiche e attuali

The study concern cotto’s floorings realized in Ferrara during XIV and XVI century, start from archive-keeping documentation, which give us some precious attestations about some evanished examples, that denote a great technical ability: from banked pavement to majolica paving. Some floorings build indoor and outdoor were realized with some kind of tile, in that case the construction was studied to preserve these elements. Recently, in several restoration building site, was possible to make other observations and researches about the “cocciopesto” floorings, but not only, it was possible to appreciate some ancient procedures of maintenance. Started to executive technics that connote Ferrara’s floorings, the study want to propose some simple, but appropriate, maintenance procedures.