Author(s)

C. Romero, M. Zalbide & I. Rodriguez-Maribona

Abstract

The main objective of this study has been to assess the degree of stone decay of the historical buildings of the province of Vizcaya. For that purpose a comparison between the quarry stone and the masonry stone has been established, by means of the characterisation of both by laboratory tests. 1 Introduction The province of Vizcaya has an extension of 217,2 Knr and 1.163.269 inhabitants. It limits to the north with the Cantabric Sea, to the west with the province of Cantabria, to the East with the province of Guipuzcoa, and to the south with the province of Alava. The climate is rainy for a great part of the year. For the last ten years it has had an average rainy days of 185 a year, and the mean annual temperature has been 14,5°C. Concerning air pol

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