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Viterbo – Università “La Tuscia”
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The convent dedicated to Santa Maria in Gradi was built in VITERBO
(LAZIO) at the end of the thirteenth century when Raniero Capocci
gave the hill to the Dominican order. Of particular importance are
the two cloisters, one medieval with a portico in Gothic style and
a fountain, and the other Renaissance. The church, in which Pope Urban
IV was crowned, was torn down in the sixteenth century and rebuilt
in neoclassic style in the eighteenth to plans by Nicolò Salvi.
From the second half of the nineteenth century to 1993 it was used
as a prison and is now the premises of the offices of the rector and
of the administration of the University of Tuscia.
Restoration project
In 1996 the University of Tuscia began a thorough restoration of the
complex which was turned over at no cost by the Ministry.
Reconstruction of the flooring included the following formats:
Honed and calibrated 30x15x1.8 cm rectangular tiles
Honed and calibrated 21x21x1.8 cm square tiles.