{"id":14810,"date":"2015-03-19T08:03:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T08:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=14810"},"modified":"2015-03-19T08:03:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T08:03:52","slug":"klisura-monastery-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2015\/03\/19\/klisura-monastery-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Klisura Monastery – a landslide that threatens a key heritage site"},"content":{"rendered":"
Klisura Monastery<\/h5>\n

News from Serbia is that a landslide is threatening the Klisura Monastery, a medieval place of worship.\u00a0 InSerbia News<\/a> carried a story earlier this week about the problem:<\/p>\n

“Following its activation, the landslide above Klisura Monastery near Arilje has now reached the foundations of this medieval holy site. Abbess Evgenija said that the monastery is under threat of being pulled down unless something is urgently done. \u201cWe are filled with fear every night and we beg the authorities for help,\u201d she told reporters. Arilje Mayor Zoran Todorovic said that this landslide is a great problem. \u201cWe are waiting for the weather to stabilize and then we will immediately initiate works to preserve the monastery,\u201d Todorovic told Tanjug.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can’t find any good images of the landslide damage, but this image from PTPC<\/a> seems to show instability in close proximity to the church:<\/p>\n

\"Klisura<\/a>

Klisura Monastery from PTPC<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

This is a Google Earth perspective view of the site of Klisura Monastery:<\/p>\n

\"Klisura<\/a>

Klisura Monastery on Google Earth<\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

Klisura Monastery comprises the small cluster of buildings in the centre left of the image.\u00a0 In the image below I have annotated the possible landslides at this site as interpreted from the Google Earth image:<\/p>\n

\"Klisura<\/a>

Klisura Monastery<\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

To the right (on the image) there appears to me to be a large, ancient landslide.\u00a0 Behind the monastery there may be another large slide, but I have much lower confidence in this one given the bedrock outcrops.\u00a0 However, immediately adjacent to Klisura Monastery there is an active slide, and behind the church there appears to be a dormant portion.\u00a0 I suspect that this has now reactivated.\u00a0 To work out how to save Klisura Monastery a proper mapping exercise is needed. This complex landslide setting is going to make saving site quite difficult, although it is possible that the problem is just shallow sliding in the slope supported by the retaining wall behind the church.<\/p>\n

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