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Cultural heritage (CH) sites and monuments share significant historical and cultural value, but at the same time, these are highly vulnerable to deterioration due to age, construction methods, and materials used. Therefore, stability studies for CH structures through numerical analyses allow researchers and stakeholders to safeguard them against time and exposure to hazards. To obtain reliable results for stability studies, detailed and accurate geometric documentation is needed prior to any modeling or simulation. In this context, geomatics technologies like LiDAR and photogrammetry can offer great support in documenting their structural integrity, providing efficient, non-invasive data collection methods that generate 3D point clouds. Nevertheless, despite the benefits, geomatic methods remain underutilized in structural engineering due to limitations in converting 3D point clouds directly for use in finite element modeling (FEM) analysis. The paper aims to review current approaches for the generation of FE models for structural analysis employing data obtained from 3D digital surveys. Each approach is described in detail, providing examples from literature and highlighting its advantages and disadvantages. Studies show that analysis accuracy depends strongly on point cloud level of detail, underlining the importance of precise geomatic surveys. Emerging workflows and semi-automated methods enable point clouds to be integrated with BIM (building information modeling) and FEM, thereby enhancing the contribution that laser scanning techniques and 3D modeling provide for the analysis of the stability of structures belonging to cultural heritage.

L’articolo verte sulla figura dell’illuminista cremonese Giambattista Biffi (1736-1807), membro dell’Accademia dei Pugni, e sull’analisi dei suoi Racconti morali ad uso d’un fanciullo, autografi e inediti, conservati nella Biblioteca Statale di Cremona. Sono una decina di novelle scritte con un intento pedagogico per il marchesino Daniele Ala, primogenito del marchese Gian Francesco Ala, amico di Biffi. Dopo aver preso in esame il contesto familiare e quello storico in cui sono stati scritti – il periodo delle riforme asburgiche – e averne proposto una datazione, l’autrice identifica le fonti a stampa, sia italiane che straniere, dalle quali Biffi ricavò la trama delle novelle. Infine ne sottolinea la matrice illuministica che proponeva una educazione alla virtù intesa come utilità sociale, per il benessere e la felicità collettiva.