TRIQUETRA project: The Mediterranean sites

In a landscape where Climate Change induced threats intensify and entire regions are endangered, the hazards posed to Cultural Heritage sites increase. These include sea level rising, rotation of extreme weather events and environmental degradation, which significantly jeopardize the protection and preservation of these sites.TRIQUETRA aims to tackle these issues through accomplishing a series of strategic objectives such as developing a comprehensive repository of knowledge about the impacts of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage, while also using cutting-edge technologies for precise and effective risk quantification.The TRIQUETRA EU research project is focused on developing an evidence-based assessment platform that serves as a Decision Support System for risk assessment. This platform is designed to improve the effectiveness of risk mitigation and site remediation activities. Overall, the strategy followed within the TRIQUETRA project is structured around three key elements: (i) Risk Identification, (ii) Risk Quantification and (iii) Risk Mitigation.To validate these approaches, TRIQUETRA is implemented in eight different CH sties across Europe, five of which are located in the broad Mediterranean region, such as Choirokoitia in Cyprus, Aegina, Epidaurus and Kalapodi in Greece and Ventotene in Italy.Key outcomes of the project include a novel risk quantification framework, an enhanced knowledge base platform, a decision support system equipped with tools for assessing risk severity, selecting and optimizing mitigation measures, new protective materials, an innovative flash LiDAR system, water quality analysers and a framework for digitising CH sites.