RESTAURATION OF A VENETIAN WATER BRIDGE IN ASSOS, CORINTHOS
STATUS
ΟΡΙΣΤ. ΠΑΡΑΛΑΒΗ
DATE
2019
ENTITY
D.A.B.M.M.
CONTRACTOR
VLASSOPOULOU MARIA
The Venetian aqueduct bridge in Assos, Corinth, is a declared historical monument with the no. prot. ΥΑ ΥΠΟ/ΑΡΧ/Β1/Φ31/15739/349/ 08-06-1995 (ΦΕΚ 570/Β/29-06-1995) and is an important example of infrastructure works during the period of the Second Venetian Rule (1687-1715) in the Peloponnese. It is a stone multi-arch aqueduct bridge that is developed in two spans while two construction phases are distinguished without their time horizon being clear. It has a height of 8.50 m, a length of 27.00 m and a channel width of 2.00 m.
The aim of the interventions is to address the structural problems of the monument in order to stop the deterioration and repair the damage it has suffered and to upgrade its aesthetics while simultaneously highlighting its degraded historical and archaeological value by utilizing it as a visitable monument.
In summary, the following tasks were carried out:
- Exposing the foundations, thorough cleaning of the surfaces as a whole,
- Cleaning and opening the water channel,
- Grouting and grouting to strengthen load-bearing stonework with specially formulated mortars,
- Stone fillings, reconstructions and stone stitching,
- Removal of sections of reinforced concrete to the east of the bridge and reconstruction of the Eastern Arch and the piers on either side of it,
- Coatings of the interior of the water channel and the back of all abutments with strong lime mortar and finally cleaning from vegetation,
- Excavations, laying of geogrid and backfilling with special graded material around the perimeter of the monument as well as under the side arches of the monument.