As the monuments at the world heritage site in Berat, Albania continue to fall into disrepair, there is little data available to help preserve them. In collaboration with Cultural Heritage without Borders we set forth to help planners in Berat better preserve cultural monuments and protect them from natural and human-induced hazards. We achieved this by assessing the monuments, creating a database, and interviewing residents and key informants. The database we created will be forwarded to the Albanian government and other organizations to help them make well-informed decisions. The assessments of each monument evidenced that Berat has a large problem with vacant homes in disrepair. We also concluded that preservation is extremely limited due to a lack of financial resources.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Palermo, Alexander Michael
• Whitmore, Zachary James
• Muse, David Christopher
• Diefendorf, Benjamin Campbell

Subject

• Culture
• Infrastructure
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121517-101358

Keyword

• Architecture--Conservation and restoration

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Dodson, Leslie Lynn

Year

• 2017

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Cultural Heritage without Borders (Albania)

Date created

• 2017-12-15

Location

• Berat

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-23