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Hidden Fires: The Unseen Cultural Heritage Losses in Latin America, Asia & Africa

Scientific Department March 1, 2026
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Germany’s KulturGutRetter: Pioneering the First UCPM Cultural Heritage Response Unit (CHRU)

Scientific Department February 23, 2026
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Comprehensive FireRiskHeritage Guide for Historic Timber Structures Safety

Scientific Department February 6, 2026
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Fire Effects on Heritage Stone: Temperature Thresholds and Assessment

Stefano Marsella January 30, 2026
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The Reconstruction of the Glasgow School of Art following the Second Fire

Scientific Department January 28, 2026 0

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Cultural and Historic Heritage Losses in the World: 2026 List

Scientific Department February 26, 2026
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Historic Saint-Paul Church Fire, Montreal (Canada): Total Loss

Scientific Department February 25, 2026

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Hyrcanian Forest Fires: When Ancient Heritage Burns

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Disasters And Historic Buildings: the Need for a Common Data Protocol

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Saving Heritage at Risk – Remembering the 1966 Florence Flooding

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120 Firefighters to Extinguish a Museum Fire in Paris

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Scottish Castle Saved by Quick Action by Staff

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EU Funding for Cultural Heritage Safety Research: A Strategic Overview (2021–2026)

Scientific Department February 16, 2026
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STORM: an Horizon 2020 Research Project on Heritage and Environmental Changes

Scientific Department February 9, 2026
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Comprehensive FireRiskHeritage Guide for Historic Timber Structures Safety

Scientific Department February 6, 2026
fficial British war art imagining a bombing raid on Cologne with the city’s cathedral is clearly visible. It survived the war, despite being hit dozens of times by Allied bombs. (Image by the National Archives UK, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Fire Effects on Heritage Stone: Temperature Thresholds and Assessment

Stefano Marsella January 30, 2026
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Why COST Action C17 still Defines the Agenda for Fire Safety in Historic Buildings

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The Challenge of Choosing Fire-Extinguishing Agents in Cultural Heritage Protection

Scientific Department May 19, 2025

The protection of cultural heritage from fires is a complex challenge, where the speed of intervention to limit the spread...

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Fire Devastates Historic Nottoway Plantation House in Louisiana

Scientific Department May 18, 2025

A tragic fire has struck the Nottoway Plantation House in Louisiana, one of the most significant historic homes in the...

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Protection of Cultural Heritage in Times of War: Legal Assumptions

Scientific Department May 15, 2025

Situations of damage to heritage, in particular the destruction of monuments and emblematic sites, including those devastated by fires in...

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An AI Model to Detect Damages on Historic Heritage Walls

Scientific Department May 12, 2025

Built heritage and traditional dwellings, is a testimony to the history and culture of an area. However, in areas such...

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Funding the Retrofit of Historic Buildings with a Focus on Safety

Scientific Department May 7, 2025

Built heritage conservation is not only about the aesthetic and historical preservation of buildings, but increasingly includes the need to...

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The 2020 Beirut Port Explosion Damages to Historical Buildings

Scientific Department May 3, 2025

Beirut, a city with millennia of layered history, has historic districts — particularly those of Gemmayzeh, Mar Mikhael, and Karantina...

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Glen Rosa: Years of Conservation Destroyed by the Arran Wildfire

Scientific Department May 1, 2025

In early April 2025, the spectacular valley of Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran, Scotland, was the scene of...

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Historic Chapel in Wales Damaged in Suspected Arson Attack

Scientific Department April 29, 2025

A major fire has severely damaged the historic Bethany English Calvinistic Methodist Chapel in the centre of Port Talbot, Wales,...

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Civil Rights Symbol Clayborn Temple Devastated by Fire

Scientific Department April 29, 2025

A fire, later deemed unintentional, broke out in the early morning hours of April 28, 2025, causing extensive damage to...

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Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Saved From Vegetation Fire

Scientific Department April 27, 2025

On April 18, 2025, a fire that broke east of Edmonton (Canada) has reached the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, causing...

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Destruction of Historical Heritage: A Silent Weapon of War

Scientific Department April 21, 2025

The destruction of cultural and historical heritage is frequently used as a tactic of war and ethnic cleansing. This strategy...

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Fire Devastates St. Paul’s Church in Louisville: A Warning for Abandoned Landmarks

Scientific Department April 16, 2025

On 10 March, 2025 a fire severely damaged St. Paul’s German Evangelical Church on East Broadway in Louisville, a structure...

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The New Emergency Plan of St Peter in Vatican

Scientific Department April 14, 2025

St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican is a building whose construction lasted several centuries and was completed around 1667. Famous...

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First quarter of 2025: Already a Critical Year for World Cultural Heritage?

Scientific Department April 2, 2025

From the beginning of 2025 to the end of March, the world's cultural heritage has been affected by a series...

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral set on Fire in Myanmar Conflict

Scientific Department March 31, 2025

On March 16, 2025, St. Patrick's Cathedral in Banmaw, in the Kachin State of Myanmar, was severely damaged by a...

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Evacuation of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan

Scientific Department March 30, 2025

On March 29, 2025, a small fire broke out around 11 am inside the iconic Castello Sforzesco in Milan, sparking...

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How many Bagan Temples destroyed by the Myanmar Earthquake ?

Scientific Department March 29, 2025

According to Wikipedia, Bagan, the historical city of Myanmar, is located in an active seismic zone. Therefore, the city has...

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Wildfires burn Korean 7th-century temple

Scientific Department March 26, 2025

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 

Scientific Department March 25, 2025

Preserving historic buildings is essential to maintaining cultural identity and understanding the past. However, these structures, often built to older...

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Lesson Learnt from the 1968 Fire at Roskilde Cathedral

Scientific Department March 19, 2025

On 27 August 1968, as work on the restoration of Margrethe's spire of the Roskild Cathedral (Denmark) was nearing completion,...

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Fire in the historic center of Lima

Scientific Department March 13, 2025

On March 3, 2025, a large-scale fire hit the historic Barrios Altos neighborhood in Lima, Peru. The blaze began in...

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Fire at the Historic Centre of Arnhem (Netherlands)

Scientific Department March 7, 2025

On Thursday, March 6, 2025, a town-scale evacuation was initiated at around 7:00 am in the city center of Arnhem...

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