After the May 6, 1976 earthquake in Friuli Venezia Giulia (North-East of Italy), over one hundred villages were almost destroyed. More than 17000 houses, a large number of schools, churches, town halls and factories were ruined. 45 municipalities were declared “destroyed”, 41 “damaged”, 52 “damaged”; the homeless were about 150000.

The regional seismic risk map is a strategic tool in planning interventions on old buildings. In fact, it shows the value in thousands of euro for the seismic retrofitting refers to census tracts of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The risk map has been prepared jointly by the University of Udine, Trieste