Commission 16: Engineering Geology and the protection of ancient monuments and archeologic sites

This commission based its work on a questionnaire widely distributed worldwide. Special attention was given to monuments included in the UNESCO world heritage catalogue. The commission, chaired by Vassilis Christaras, provided a well-illustrated record of sites, listed by country, including technical descriptions, engineering geologyaspects, stability risks, measures applied in appropriate cases and key reference papers. The products of the commission and these records can be found on the web page: click here.