BRICKS WALKING WITH US: shaping the built heritage of Padua

What is walking with us through the streets of Padua? Millions of bricks that shape the built heritage of the city, largely responsible for its quite good conservation state. From the use of Mg-rich calcareous clays and Fe-rich clays and firing temperatures over 900 °C, the development of high-temperature mineral phases -that provided important structure stability to the ceramic bodies- were developed. Such production technologies were already used by Romans and were inherited by the brick makers along the passing of time, yielding on bricks with yellowish, beige and reddish colours.

Video realizzato in collaborazione con l’Ufficio Ricerca Internazionale