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St. John of Dukla Chapel located in SE Poland in Beskidy Mountains is visited by tens of thousands of pilgrims from Poland and the world every year. Pope John Paul II also visited the Chapel several times. Unfortunately this unique place located on a flysch slope was seriously threatened by landslide hazard several times in 1998, 2000 and 2002. A very dangerous landslide, 400 m length 100 m wide was formed few meters under the chapel in 2004. Landslide was stabilized within the National Landslide Counteraction Framework (SOPO) Project in 2005. Remediation financed by the loan from the EIB Bank and state budget included slope stabilization by retaining wall built on micropiles foundation and surface and internal drainage systems. The main objective of the presented work was to control the stabilization works. Inclinometer measurements performed during 7 year time allowed observation of slope behavior. The remediation was effective, however small incremental deflections up to 2.5 mm were observed. These measurements due to the difficult soil conditions should be performed also in the next years.
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Bednarczyk, Z. (2015). Preservation of Saint John Chapel in Dukla from Landslide Natural Hazard. In: Lollino, G., Giordan, D., Marunteanu, C., Christaras, B., Yoshinori, I., Margottini, C. (eds) Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09408-3_64
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