Natural Stone and Architectural Heritage

• Main Author: Pereira, Lola (auth)
• Other Authors: Dino, Giovanna (auth), Catarino, Lidia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Cheomseongdae; building stones; petrographic analysis; the bay of Kotor; quarry characterisation; architectural heritage; cultural heritage conservation; ultrafast pulse laser; archaeometry; Sopo?ani; marble deposits; Guadeloupe; architectural conservation; multiscale roughness; rocks characterization; cultural stone; restoration; pyroclastic rock; Duomo di Milano; dolostone; geological heritage; historical and Archaeological sites; modern principles of double-layered ventilated roofs; heritage; Bargiolina; dynamic centrifuge test; sustainability; cultural heritage; geoheritage; market; marble; serpentinites; Western Alps; SEM-EDS; Unesco World Heritage Site; UNESCO World Heritage List; Studenica; kaolin; Coimbra Formation; eastern Caribbean; dimension stone; laser surface texturing; 2016 Gyeongju Earthquake; houses based on natural stone; industrial minerals; wettability properties; fracturing pattern; natural stone; Gyeongju Historic Areas; ancient seismic design technique; Martinique; quartzite; site-specific ground response analysis; stone architectural heritage; French West Indies; Sardinia; quarrying; quarries; stone architecture heritage; Candoglia marble; UNESCO cultural heritage; site characterisation; hydrophobicity; Chianocco marble; conservation requirements; management; heritage stone; isotopic analysis
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This book is made up of contributions dealing with heritage stones from different countries around the world. The stones are described, as well as their use in vernacular and contemporaneous architecture. Heritage stones are those stones that have special significance in human culture. Examples incl...