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EuroLithos – ornamental stone resources in Europe

EuroLithos is a GEOERA research project on European Ornamental Stone Resources in Europe. Although ornamental stone is today an important raw material produced all over Europe, its use locally and regionally is decreasing, along with related knowledge, traditions and skills. EuroLithos was founded upon the premise that increased knowledge of the geological quality and historical use of natural stone in Europe can stimulate more sustainable use of this resource. EuroLithos will in turn benefit enterprise, promote cultural heritage, and contribute to developing effective and environmentally sound land-use practices. The EuroLithos consortium is composed of 16 partners from 14 countries, collectively forming a strong and innovative research group. The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU, Norway) is a Project Lead, and the Croatian Geological Survey (HGI-CGS, Croatia) is one of the WP Leads, beside Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG, Portugal) and Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (H.S.G.M.E., Greece). The Work Packages of the EuroLithos project include Project management (WP1, lead NGU), Dissemination, communication and stakeholders (WP2, lead NGU), Atlas of European ornamental stones (WP3, lead LNEG), Directory of ornamental stone properties (WP4, lead H.S.G.M.E.), Ornamental stone heritage (WP5, lead HGI-CGS) and link to Ornamental stone information platform (WP6, lead NGU). EuroLithos challenges include increasing replacement of traditional stone materials with “cheapest on the market”, decreasing competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), reduction of cultural heritage values and increasing environmental footprints. EuroLithos concept include raising awareness and knowledge of the diversity of European ornamental stone resources, their importance to our landscapes and architecture, their quality and the environmental benefit of “short-travelled” resources. EuroLithos impact include improving cross-European knowledge sharing, improving tools for making good and sustainable choice of stone to construction projects and better competitive regime for European SMEs. The main objective of the Work Package 5 in which lead beneficiary is HGI-CGS, is to establish tools that can facilitate and aid the process of valorisation of stone resources. We believe that such tools will contribute to better maintenance of stone-built heritage, better conditions for SMEs and better protection of stone resources in land-use planning. The tools will address three aspects of stone heritage ; the intrinsic value of stone quarries and quarry landscapes, the value of stones from their use in stone-built heritage, and the traditional crafts. This Project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731166.

ornamental stone, directory and database, heritage values, framework, Europe

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