Analysis and Geographical Representation of Cilento’s Monastic Architecture

This paper is part of a wider research on the Cilento monastic architec-tures of Italo-Greek origin located in southern Campania (Italy). The investigationconcentrates on the study, updating and analysis of the existing constructions forthe enrichment of the geographical information databases of the Cilento. On thisopportunity, the analysis focuses specifically on two monuments of Basilian foun-dation: the Abbey of Santa Maria di Pattano, in Vallo della Lucania, and the churchof San Nicola di Myra in Sacco Vecchia. The first case study presents superfe-tations that make it difficult to read the architectural languages and to interpretits conformation. On the other hand, the church of San Nicola in Myra, despitebeing located in one of the most famous ghost towns of the Cilento countrysideand showing important deterioration, still preserves its original morphology, char-acterized by a splendid hieratic character that is completely Basilian. The study ofthese constructions was carried out with digital models and geographic informa-tion systems, in order to obtain the original conformation of the Badia of Pattano.The comparative analysis of the information gathered on the other monument wasused to obtain the necessary data to clarify and identify the main constructionpatterns of the Byzantine and Basilian architectures of the area. These data willserve to enrich the current information and, furthermore, to develop more specificmultidisciplinary analyses in the future.