Palazzo Bosco Lucarelli: René Bozzella

Palazzo Bosco Lucarelli in Benevento, now housing the Department of Engineering of the Università degli Studi del Sannio, is a fifteenth-century building extensively transformed after the 1702 earthquake and further modified in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Its current architectural identity, defined by three-level façades and decorative elements in artificial stone, reflects these successive interventions. The 2020–2021 restoration addressed severe material degradation, including cracked plaster, water infiltration, and the deterioration of balconies and decorative components. Preliminary investigations, combining stratigraphic, petrographic, and thermographic analyses, enabled a detailed understanding of materials and decay processes. The intervention removed incompatible cement repairs, restored or replicated damaged elements, and rebalanced the chromatic treatment compromised by previous works. The project ultimately re-established the coherence and legibility of the building’s classical architectural language while respecting its complex stratification.