Wildfires burn Korean 7th-century temple
In March 2025, southeastern South Korea experienced a series of wildfires of unprecedented scale and destructiveness. Originating with over a...
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Emerging Technologies for Safety of Historic Buildings
Preserving historic buildings is essential to maintaining cultural identity and understanding the past. However, these structures, often built to older...
Lesson Learnt from the 1968 Fire at Roskilde Cathedral
On 27 August 1968, as work on the restoration of Margrethe's spire of the Roskild Cathedral (Denmark) was nearing completion,...
Fire in the historic center of Lima
On March 3, 2025, a large-scale fire hit the historic Barrios Altos neighborhood in Lima, Peru. The blaze began in...
Fire at the Historic Centre of Arnhem (Netherlands)
On Thursday, March 6, 2025, a town-scale evacuation was initiated at around 7:00 am in the city center of Arnhem...
Historic Buildings and Bushfires Protection: a Verification Method
The devastation of historic buildings and assets that occurred in January 2025 in the Los Angeles area is one of...
Safety in Transport of Works of Arts
Transporting works of art can expose them to risk of damage, as happened to Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa....
Security and Safety Measures of Historic Places of Worship
The places of worship, a significant part of which are historically and artistically characterised, are exposed to risk of terrorist...
Climate Conditions and Fire Risk in Historical towns
Historic buildings and the areas that house them are subject to a particular fire risk. In fact, many of the...
Fire destroys XIX Century Paris Belltower
A fire damaged the 19th-century Paris city hall building, leaving the bell tower at risk of collapse in the 12th...
Wildland Fire Risk and Historical Towns
The wildfires that destroyed significant historical buildings of Los Angeles in early 2025 are just one example of fire risks...
Fire Behaviour of Ageing Wood
In recent years the scientific literature on wood combustion has seen a considerable number of new important studies. Among these,...
The Singularity of Italian Fire Safety Regulations for Historic Buildings
In a previous post, we outlined a general framework for safeguarding historic buildings from fire while preserving their cultural significance....
Fire at the Manoir de Kellac in Finistère
A fire at the Manoir de Kernault in Mellac occurred on January 12, 2025. The Manoir de Kernault is a...
Water: the Most Common Enemy of Cultural Heritage
The damage that water can cause is among the most significant to which historical and cultural heritage is exposed. From...
How Artworks Emergency Storage Centres are Made
The conservation of works of art and artefacts of artistic interest is of fundamental importance to preserve cultural heritage for...
A Fire Safety Analysis of Historic Centres
The fires that devastated large areas of Los Angeles County in January 2025 have characteristics that are strongly linked to...
NATO and the new Threats to Cultural Heritage
The special report, entitled "History and Identity Under Attack: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Conflict", written by Julie Dzerowicz for the...
Los Angeles Fires destroy Heritage and Historic Sites
On January 7, 2025, devastating fires started in Los Angeles county, with the Eaton Fire killing five people and causing...
Monitoring Armed Conflicts Damages and Risks to Cultural Heritage
2024 has left a vast number of destructions of buildings and places of profound historical, artistic, religious and cultural value....
Lessons from 2024 to 2025 Cultural Heritage Safety
In 2024, our posts focused on significant events and issues that arose online, without following a specific objective, but rather...
World Heritage: UNESCO Guide to Managing Disaster Risks
According to UNESCO, cultural and natural heritage is increasingly affected by events that “are less and less “natural” in their...
