Wall paintings have been a cultural expression of human creativity throughout history. Their
degradation or destruction represents a loss to the world's cultural heritage, and fungi have …

Like other hypogeal environments, the Roman Houses of the Caelian Hill are prone to
unwanted biological growth. Wide conservative interventions have been carried out at the …

The subterranean heritage includes both natural and built sites with a strong cultural and
historical fingerprint, some of each being enriched with painted surfaces. These semi …

Roman hypogea, vernacular settlements or crypts, are underground places characterised by
specific and unique challenges (RH< 90% and almost constant temperature throughout the …

Abstract The Cyanobacterium Oculatella subterranea Zammit, Billi, Albertano inhabits
hypogea and stone caves and is a pioneer of different stone substrata. In this study, a strain …

Conservation of hypogea and their accessibility by the visitors is a hard question, due to the
interaction of different factors such as the intrinsic characteristics of the hypogeal …

Like other hypogeal environments, the Roman Houses of the Caelian Hill are prone to
unwanted biological growth. Wide conservative interventions have been carried out at the …

The roman catacombs are the most important early Christian monuments in Rome and they
are visited by thousands of pilgrims every year. Their underground nature affects their state …

The paper illustrates the methodological approach of monitoring and diagnostics currently
tested in the Cubicle of the Twelve Apostles, Catacombs of St. Mark, Marcellian and …

En cuevas y otros monumentos del patrimonio natural y cultural hipogeo, el desarrollo de
organismos fotosintéticos en el entorno de las lámparas de luz eléctrica se conoce como …