Osios Loukas Monastery: Inspection of masonry and mortars

Ephorate of Antiquities of Boeotia

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Inspection of existing old buildings by taking masonry stone cores of buildings to assess compressive strength, taking samples of building mortars from parts of the masonry for tensile strength assessment and laboratory chemical analysis, separating mortar and aggregates of mortars with granulometric gradation. Determination of mortar composition