Insufficient Maintenance an Achilles Heel of the Broumov Group of Churches

Abstract

As part of European cooperation here is presented collaboration among Universities on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, which gives the chance to international young students and professionals to take part on investigations of selected cultural heritage treasures. This report summarizes a structural investigation on two churches from the Broumov Group. The attention was focused on damages within the walls and the roof structure. Moreover laboratory and numerical analyses permitted to gather very important information on the current state of the two buildings and led to several remarks recommendations.