| ID: G7 |
Title: Cistern half-subterranean water tank and Agios Panteleimonas Church at Nea Moni, Chios Island, Greece. |
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| Period of construction: 11th century AD |
| Structural type: masonry structure (natural stones, bricks and mortar) |
Chronology of intervention:
Not known |
Type of previous interventions:
Reversible actions for the seismic retrofitting of the masonry.
Description of previous interventions:
Reinforcement of the church using horizontal steel bars transversally to the longitudinal masonry plane.
Special characteristics:
The Cistern and the Church are conjugated, through a common vertical masonry wall.
Actual damage:
Church:
Extended cracks around the openings.
Decay of lime-cast
Cistern:
Decay of lime-cast
Common wall:
Local displacements
Steel ties:
Corrosion
Creeping
Comments:
The monument is included in the Catalogue of Monuments of the International Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.
Photos:
a General view of the Church
b Detail of the church
c, f The internal of the Cistern
Steel bars
Part of the common wall
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