TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Resilience of historical public buildings against blast in a context of monument preservation JO - Key engineering materials A1 - Mariš, Ladislav A1 - Grúňová, Zuzana A1 - Figuli, Lucia A1 - Jangl, Štefan SP - 248 EP - 260 VL - 755 IS - N2 - Last terrorist attacks have shown, that among so called soft targets of attackers are included places with the concentrated mass of innocent people. Among such a places belong theatres, concert halls etc., having a seat in historical buildings. Historical heritage is important part of every nation self-conscience, pride and memory. Many historical buildings, preserved as cultural monuments create genius loci of urban environment and at the same time they serve as a public buildings in compliance to the most of the safety measures demanded in Slovak legislation. Some exceptions could be legally made and should be made to retain their authentic historical values, protected by international documents on monument preservation. A case study of historical Slovak National Theatre building is analyzed in the paper.

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LA - en SN - 1013-9826 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.755.248 ID - ref1 ER -