Integrated investigation of built heritage monuments: the case study of Paphos Harbour Castle, Cyprus
Journal
Heritage
Date Issued
March 14, 2018
DOI
10.3390/heritage1010001
Abstract
The state of preservation of built heritage monuments is often evaluated by means of several
destructive techniques, which are mainly focused on the analysis of small parts of the monuments’
construction materials. The necessary sampling for the accomplishment of these destructive analyses
is usually restricted to confined parts of a monument, since monuments are usually under protective
legislation, and therefore only indicative of larger areas. Current research attempts to enhance the
results of provided by destructive methods, using non-destructive image processing techniques.
Towards this end, the potential use of image processing based on rectified images is examined, along
with material sampling and laboratory analyses as part of a multi-disciplinary methodology for
the investigation of Paphos (Cyprus) Harbour Castle. This approach has been adopted in order to
map the degradation patterns observed on the monument’s masonry walls, minimizing destructive
methods and attempting to visualize the results of the monument as a whole. The combination
of both analytical and non-destructive techniques resulted in the acquisition of large amounts of
information, permitting the evaluation of applied non-destructive techniques for the study of the
deterioration present on a monument’s external surfaces. This approach led to the assessment of the
overall state of preservation of the masonry walls of the structure in an extended scale covering all
external façades in a semi-automatic way.
destructive techniques, which are mainly focused on the analysis of small parts of the monuments’
construction materials. The necessary sampling for the accomplishment of these destructive analyses
is usually restricted to confined parts of a monument, since monuments are usually under protective
legislation, and therefore only indicative of larger areas. Current research attempts to enhance the
results of provided by destructive methods, using non-destructive image processing techniques.
Towards this end, the potential use of image processing based on rectified images is examined, along
with material sampling and laboratory analyses as part of a multi-disciplinary methodology for
the investigation of Paphos (Cyprus) Harbour Castle. This approach has been adopted in order to
map the degradation patterns observed on the monument’s masonry walls, minimizing destructive
methods and attempting to visualize the results of the monument as a whole. The combination
of both analytical and non-destructive techniques resulted in the acquisition of large amounts of
information, permitting the evaluation of applied non-destructive techniques for the study of the
deterioration present on a monument’s external surfaces. This approach led to the assessment of the
overall state of preservation of the masonry walls of the structure in an extended scale covering all
external façades in a semi-automatic way.
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