Unraveling the Mystery: A Scientific Investigation into the 1823 Fire at St. Paul’s Basilica in Rome
Luigi Rossini. 1823. View of the Ruin of the Great Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. In commemoration of...
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Historic Manila Central Post Office Ravaged by Car Battery Thermal Run-away
Manila Central Post Office after the 21st May 2023 fire - By Photos by K R De Asis, Charlene Santiago,...
Significant historical collections lost in the fire of the Indonesian National Museum
The building where of the Indonesian National Museum in a 17th century print (Batavia Townhall 1770 Painting of Johannes Rach...
Air conditioning units destroyed nearly 20 million historic items in Brazil
Fire at the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, on 2 September 2018 - Felipe Milanez, CC BY-SA...
Nantes Gothic Cathedral Fire
Image showing the inside the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul after the 18th July 2020 fire- Image: Department...
Notre Dame Fire: what we know about
Fig. 1 - Simplified scheme of the Cathedral. Proportions and shapes are approximated. The 15 April 2019 Notre Dame Cathedral...
Second Fire almost Destroys the Glasgow School of Art
Fire blazes through the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building on 16 June 2018. ‘The heart of Glasgow’s Mackintosh legacy...
Vegetation Fire and Cultural Heritage buildings: the Paul Getty Museum case study
Flames endangers the I 405 by the Getty Center on Dec. 5th (Credits: Melissa Castro) On December 5th, 2017, a...
The oldest fire detection system ever? The case of St. Paul outside the Wall Basilica in Rome
St. Paul outside the Walls fire - Rome July 15th, 1823(from: Archivio di San Paolo Basilica - Rome) In the...
Securing historic towns damaged by earthquakes: managing the complexity
When an historic center, a town or a district, is hit by an earthquake, managing the securing operations may reach...
LiDAR and Cultural Heritage in emergency situations: the H2020 STORM project first outcomes
The possibility of acquiring images and data of damaged buildings during the first phases of the emergencies is crucial to...
Large scale crisis and data exchange: the CAP protocol in L’Aquila earthquake
On April, 6th 2009 the Italian city of L'Aquila and the surrounding area have been striken by a 6,3 Mw...
damages to Cultural Heritage caused by 24th August 2016 Central Italy Earthquake
On August 24th, 2016 a severe earthquake has hit an area in Central Italy approximately among the city of Amatrice and...
19th Century Manhattan Church Destroyed by fire in New York (USA)
The New York Serbian Orthodox Cathedral od St. Sava on West 25th Street on May 1st has been destroyed by...
Fire in Italian historical town damages several buildings
A moment of the fire (picture from: http://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/stories/verbano-e-valli/mostruoso-incendio-a-luino-20-sfollati_1164847_11/) A fire broke out in the historic center of Luino (Italy). For...
Fire in Moscow library destroy 1 mln books
Fire at the Moscow Academic Institute of Scientific Information (more…)
What happens when water is not enough: the Clandon Park (UK) fire case
On April 29th, 2015, a fire has destroyed the 18th century Palladian masterpiece of Clandon Park. The fire started in...
Citè de la Science: 120 firefighters in Paris to extinguish a museum fire
Paris firefighters on August 20th 2015 have fought a fire at the Cite des Sciences. The fire broke out between 02:30...
Historic District Protection Planning: A Case Study
Danny Mac Daniels (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) has presented the following theme during the september 20th , 2012, Venice meeting on...
Castle destroyed by grass fire
On 10 March 2012, the castle of Krasna Horka in Slovak Republic caught fire, allegedly due to burning of dry...
Fireworks and Cultural buildings safety
On 9 February 2009 the Beijing Television Cultural Center has been damaged by a massive blaze. The building, in the...
Egyptian Museum and the Threat of Riots Fires in Cairo (Egypt)
The potential collapse of a neighboring building caused by fire due to the riots has threatened the priceless artifacts kept...
