The Church of St. Giusta in Bazzano (L’Aquila). Documentation and Survey

The contribution presents a study of the church of St. Giusta in Bazzano, near L’Aquila, conducted on the basis of an architectural survey. The church, which stands on the site of the catacomb where tradition has it that they were martyred in the 3rd century AD. St. Giusta and his companions, is characterized by important processes of modification and stratification. The layout has two naves, the central one and the one on the right, the latter rebuilt in the 1920s following the collapse of the embankment flanking the building. The left aisle, on the other hand, has been recast in the church’s appurtenant spaces. The current configuration is the result of a 1911-12 restoration that eliminated the building’s Baroque facies. Through the digital survey with laser scanner and the relative two–dimensional representation, the conformation of the architectural organism was analysed and documented, highlighting its historical, spatial and architectural features.