The aim of OPTO-CH 2018 summer course was to inform on the latest developments of the H2020 EU project HERACLES research as regards the effective resilience of Heritage monuments against climate events

The summer course was concluded with one day of field tests and experiments on-site at the Venetian fortress of Heraklion “Rocca a Mare”.

OUTLINE:

The basic concepts and research conducted so far within the H2020 EU project HERACLES were presented with emphasis to the safeguarding of CH monuments from the effects of the Climatic Change. The summer course concluded with a field tests and experiments on-site at the Venetian fortress of “Rocca a Mare” in the port of Heraklion, one of the HERACLES test-beds.

TOPICS

  • The HERACLES project concept and vision
  • Development of operative protocols for analysis and monitoring
  • Synthesis of new materials for the protection HERACLES  test-beds
  • The HERACLES platform

 FIELD TRIP:

 On 06 July 2018, on-site demos took place at the Venetian fortress of Heraklion “Rocca a Mare” / Koules, one of the four test-beds of HERACLES project.

The course gathred around 35 people