Restoring Roman cement to its former glory
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Environment & climate action Innovation Austria Czechia France Poland United Kingdom Switzerland Environmentdate: 16/06/2016
Project: Roman Cements for Architectural Restorat...
acronym: ROCARE
See also: CORDIS
“Much of the architecture of the 19th century was built using Roman cement. But by the turn of the century, shortly before the beginning of World War I, it fell out of fashion and Portland cement — the modern cement we are using today — began to take over,” explains Johannes Weber of the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.