LA SCALA DEL BAGNO DI SIRACUSA NELLA CHIESA DI SAN FILIPPO APOSTOLO, DALLA RISCOPERTA AL RILIEVO DIGITALE

Abstract

This article analyzes the helicoidal underground staircase of the Bath of Syracuse, accessible from the church of St. Philip the Apostol, carried out through the study of its eighteenth-century "rediscovery" and the accurate survey of the artifact, made with digital tools. The article interpretates the sources that demonstrate the archaeological attention addressed to this staircase, hypothesizing its direct knowledge already before the 18th century, that could testify its role as a model for other constructions.