The STABLE project developed an IT platform to monitor and forecast risks affecting Europe’s Cultural Heritage.

The project focused on environmental and seismic hazards that may threaten monuments, historic buildings, urban centres, cities and villages.

By combining satellite data, ground monitoring, geotechnical information and risk models, STABLE supported better understanding of structural stability risks.

Risk Monitoring for Cultural Heritage

The STABLE platform generated key geospatial outputs, including:

• deformation maps
• vulnerability maps
• damage maps
• coherence maps
• velocity maps

These outputs helped experts assess risks related to ground movement, structural displacement and geo-hazards.

The project aimed to improve both early warning and long-term monitoring of Cultural Heritage sites exposed to environmental and seismic threats.

STABLE Case Studies

The STABLE approach was validated through three case studies:

• Rieti, Italy
• Nafplion, Greece
• Strovolos, Cyprus

These case studies supported the testing of the platform at city and village scale.

GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS Role in STABLE

Within the STABLE project, GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. (GSH) was responsible for InSAR data processing.

This work focused on monitoring ground and structural displacements in the selected case study areas.

GSH contributed to the full interferometric Earth Observation processing chain. This included the production of coherence and velocity maps, which were used as core inputs for risk and damage assessment.

In addition, GEOSYSTEMS HELLAS led the design and interface control of the Thematic Platform Software Kit. The platform integrated pre-processed data and project results through advanced geospatial tools and methods.

Web Portal and Data Visualization

A dedicated web portal supported the visualization and dissemination of STABLE results.

The portal made both primary and secondary data accessible. It also helped users better understand the intermediate processing steps and final project outcomes.

Project Status

The STABLE project has been completed.

The project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 823966