RT Journal Article
T1 An urban geomonumental route focusing on the petrological and decay features of traditional building stones used in Madrid, Spain
A1 Pérez-Monserrat, Elena Mercedes
A1 Álvarez de Buergo, Mónica
A1 Gómez Heras, Miguel
A1 Varas Muriel, María Josefa
A1 Fort González, Rafael
AB The stone traditionally used to build cities contributes to their personality and attests to the geological substrate on which they stand. While stone decay in the built heritage can be attributed to a number of causes, anthropic activity has a particularly significant impact. The geomonumental routes project is one of the initiatives proposed in recent years for urban routes that convey geological fundamentals by observing the rocks present in heritage structures. Its innovative approach addresses traditional stone properties, original quarrying sites and mechanisms of decay. Madrid's Royal Palace is a fine example of the use of traditional building stone in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. In the geomonumental route proposed, the building doubles as an in situ laboratory that affords an overview of the main petrological properties of the two traditional stones most commonly used in the city's built heritage, the forms of decay they are subject and the factors underlying such alterations. This route constitutes a tool for showing the main petrological features and decay forms in traditional building stones found in urban heritage façades, with a special focus on anthropic impact, primarily air pollution and the use of conservation treatments that time has proven to be unsuitable. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PB Springer
SN ISSN: 1866-6280, online ISSN: 1866-6299
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42832
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42832
LA eng
NO “This is a pre-print of an article published in Environmental Earth Science. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-2164-3”.
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO Comunidad de Madrid
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025