"Strategic Intervention for the Restoration of Damages Caused by the 1999 Earthquake at the Byzantine Church of Agios Petros, in Eastern Attica, Greece."
□ ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΠΡΟΧΕΙΡΟΥ ΔΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΘΕΣΗ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΩΝ ΣΥΝΤΗΡΗΣΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΤΟΙΧΟΓΡΑΦΙΩΝ ΤΟΥ Ι.Ν. ΑΓ. ΠΕΤΡΟΥ ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ
□ ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΞΗ ΠΡΟΧΕΙΡΟΥ ΔΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΘΕΣΗ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΣΕΙΣΜΙΚΗΣ ΕΝΙΣΧΥΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ Ι.Ν. ΑΓ. ΠΕΤΡΟΥ ΑΧΑΡΝΩΝ
In
the fall of 2005, within the framework of INTERREG IIIC
program, the Department
of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art,
proposed and achieved the assignment of the subproject
“Strategic Intervention
for the Restoration of the Damages of Aghios Petros, in Eastern
Attica”. The
Department, which is active in the field of educational research, is
participating in several projects concerning the protection of cultural
heritage, (undertook the obligation to restore the small Byzantine
church that
suffered severe damages from the 1999 Earthquake.)
As
the Head of the Department I strongly support the
participation of the Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of
Athens in
projects with international involvement in order to reinforce the
international
collaborations and exchange of knowledge. Projects which promote and
protect
the cultural heritage of Greece are especially of high interest to the
Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art.
The collaboration of the TEI with the University of Molise (UNIMOL) made it possible to compare the scientific approach to different types of monuments that have suffered damages from earthquakes. UNIMOL has undertaken the study and restoration of a public building dated to the second century B.C. situated in Monte Vairano – Baranello, Italy. Additionally the partnership with the Archaeological Centre of Var (CAV), which is restoration scientists, offers an interdisciplinary view of the monument’s restoration.
During the progress of the project the collaboration with the National Centre of Scientific Research (NDSR) “Demokritos” has proved to be essential, as all the required analysis of structural and decorative materials were undertaken by them.
The main aim of the project is to act as a pilot application, indicating the measures required in order to face and restore the damages caused in architectural heritage by earthquakes.
This project focuses in the exemplary application of measures that
should be
taken in order to face and restore the damages which are caused by
earthquakes
to architectural monuments and the integrated works of art, such as
wall
paintings and mosaics.
Greece
is a country of high seismic activity and I believe
that it is of great importance to sensitise the public authorities to
take the
necessary measures to manage natural risk hazards in the future and in
addition
to produce an intervention methodology that could be applied by
specialists and
professionals who are active in the field of the protection of cultural
heritage.
This
co funded project will finally result in the
restoration of the monument and the outcome that will be presented to
the
public will be the product of an international, interdisciplinary
collaboration
between different European countries.
Panagiotis Theoulakis
Head of the Department of
Conservation of Antiquities and
Works of Art Technological Educational Institution (TEI) of Athens
