Tasks derived from the Concerted Action

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1 - Bilateral projects

1.      "El acueducto romano de Zaghouan a Cartago: Estado de conservación y propuesta de restauración" (Roman Aqueduct Zaghouan-Carthage: State of conservation and proposal for resoration); bilateral project of Spain and Tunisia. Ph.D. Thesis, Ms. Karima Zoghlami, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis. Responsible investigator: José Luis Briansó Penalva; co-directors of thesis: Fadila Gueddari and Aureli Alvarez;  AECI (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional - Mundo Árabe), 2000-2002.

2.      "La conservación de los monumentos históricos en Marrakech: contribución a la salvaguardia del patrimonio cultural de la cuenca mediterranea" (Conservation of historical monuments in Marrakech: contribution to the safeguard of the Cultural Heritage of the Mediterranean area); bilateral project of Spain and Morocco. Principal investigator: José Luis Briansó Penalva.  AECI (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional - Mundo Árabe), 2000-2002.

 

2 - Grants

The Roman aqueduct Carthage-Zaghouan: Study and Proposal for Restoration.

 

3 - EU Networks

EC DG X - Culture: CONNECT 99 A1/E-63: Cultural Heritage: Ancient , new and improved materials in restoration and conservation; coordinator. Aureli Alvarez Pérez, Director of group PARMON, Department of Geology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1999-2001)

 

4 - EU projects

1.      POLOSIUM - SINAI: Documentation, restoration, site plan, environment study and potential use of the historical site of Polosium (Egypt) (reserve list of INCO-MED 1999)

2.      VOCOMTER: "Establishment of a Vocabulary and Common Terminology in Science, Technology and Architecture of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Area"; Workshop to be held in Casablanca in June 2001. Scientific coordinator: José Luis Briansó Penalva, DG RTD (INCO-MED), 2000-2001.

3.      INFOHER.MED: "Design and Production of Advanced Information Media for the Support of Multilinguistic Communication within the Euro-Mediterranean Area in Sector of Cultural Heritage", Joint Research Project, . Scientific co-ordinator: José Luis Briansó Penalva, DG RTD (INCO-MED), submitted 17.09.2001 to DG RTD (INCO-MED).

4.      DICONAC..HER: "Diffusion of results obtained in Concerted Action: the Cultural Heritage" (Contract Nº: ERB-IC18-CT98-0384), Accompanying Measure, Scientific coordinator: José Luis Briansó Penalva, DG RTD (INCO-MED), will be submitted till 15 November 2001 to DG RTD (INCO-MED).

 

5 - Rehabilitation projects

Rehabilitation of the Bab Agnaou gate in town Marrakech

An activity of maximal importance, derived from this Concerted Action, jusrtificating the project INCO-MED, is the future rehabilitation of the Bab Agnaou gate. It is situated at the walls of the town Marrakech. The administrative process for initiating the works of rehabilitation of this monumental gate were started within the scientific and technical basis of the results of Prospective Study No.3 (see the letter of the rector of the University Cadi Ayyed).

 

6. Complementary Training

1.      Training course on Cultural Heritage: "Recuperación y difusión del patrimonio cultural: Valorización de los materiales y de las técnicas constructivas antiguas" (Recuperation and diffusion of Cultural Heritage; Evaluation of materials and antique constructive techniques)  Almendralejo (Extremadura - España) 24 - 28 Ocotbre 2000. Participation of the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (E), Universty of Limoges (F) and IICT (P)

2.      UAB (E) - CNR (I) technical and practical course on: "New eco-sustainable intervention methods for the conservation and restoration of Cultural and Environmental Heritage", Part of a course at UAB to Italian graduate students, duration two months (March-April 2001)

3.      Physico-chemical study of ceramics and tombs of the dynasty Saidi (Marrakech), practical course for students graduated in geology of the University of Cadi Ayaad (Marrakech)

 

Resulting publications

 

1 International publications

Generated by PS1 (Tunisia)

1.      Alvarez, A., Estrada, R., Gueddari, F., Figueiredo, Mª O., Veiga, J.P., Vilaseca, Ll.: Characterisation of materials used in aqueduct of Zaghouan-Carthage (Tunisia) along construction and restoration periods; 5th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, Sevilla, Spain, 5-8 April 2000, p. 62-63 (abstract).

2.      Figueiredo, Mª O., Alvarez, A., Torrens, F., Cerrada, J., Gracia, M., Arroyo, P., Briansó, J.L., Khosrof, S., Ferchiou, N. and: The construction of the Zaghouan-Carthage aqueduct (Tunisia); structure, construction techniques and use of building materials; proc. 5th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, Sevilla, Spain, 5-8 April 2000, p. 378 (abstract).

3.      Figueiredo, Mª O., Veiga, J.P., Pereira, T., Alvarez, A., Torrens, F., Khosrof, S., Ferchiou, N.: The Roman aqueduct of Carthage: a minerochemical study on water conduit mortars and deposit crusts. 9th International Congress of deterioration and conservation of stone; Venice, 19-24 June 2000, p.641-647.

4.      El Shabrawy, A., Hamed, A., Abdallah, T: An Engineering evaluation of the aqueduct of Carthage - Zaghouan, Tunisia, UNESCO/ICOMOS International Millennium Congress "Archi 2000", Paris, 10-12 Sept. 2001

5.      El Shabrawy, A., Abdallah, T: The impact of traffic - induced vibration on the aqueduct of Carthage - Zaghouan, Tunisia, UNESCO/ICOMOS International Millennium Congress "Archi 2000", Paris, 10-12 Sept. 2001

 

Generated by PS2 (Egypt)

1.      Fitzner, B., Heinrichs, K., La Bouchardiere, D. (in press): Damage index for stone monuments; proc. 5th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, Sevilla, Spain, 5-8 April 2000, p. 175-176 (abstract).

2.      Fitzner, B., Heinrichs, K.: Damage diagnosis on stone monuments - weathering forms, damage categories and damage indices; International Conference "Stone weathering and atmospheric pollution network (SWAPNET)", 7-11 May 2001, Prachov Rocks, Czech Republic, in press.

3.      Fitzner, B., Heinrichs, K., La Bouchardiere, D.: Limestone weathering in historical Cairo / Egypt; Geological Society of London Special Publications, in preparation.

 

2 National publications

1.      Alvarez, A., Arroyo, P., Cerrada, J., Estrada, R., Guasch, N., Figueiredo, Mª O.: Estudios técnicos y científicos previos a una propuesta de intervención: el caso del Aqueducto de Cartago. XII Congrés de Conservació i Restauració de Béns Culturals; Lleida, Spain, 18-22 October 2000, p. 301-310.

2.      Ferchiou, N., Khosrof, S.: History of the Aqueduct and general aspects of its preservation, Africa No. XIX, Dec.2001, (ed. Institut National du Patrimoine, Tunis), November 2001.

3.      Briansó, José Luis: El Patrimonio Cultural y la cooperación internacional en la Comisión Europea, Roc Máquina (ed. Elsevier), in press.

 

3 Thesis

Ph.D. thesis of Karima Zoghlami (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and Université de Tunis):