541-3507/01 – Geology of Castles and Chateaux of the Czech Republic (GHZ)
Gurantor department | Department of Geological Engineering | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Jan Kubáč, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jan Kubáč, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will be acquainted with geological bedrock of important castles and chateaux in the Czech Republic. Attention will also be paid to the petrographic composition of the used building stone. This knowledge will complement the missing information that will further serve to guide these monuments.
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Summary
Castles and chateaux in the Czech Republic are significant landmarks in the landscape. These historic buildings are among the most sought-after destinations not only for domestic but also foreign tourist clients. Despite the questions raised, the basic information given to visitors practically does not contain any information concerning the subsoil of the building or the building material used in the construction of the building. The aim of this course is to acquire ways of searching for required information for professional presentation of individual buildings. Students in the course will also solve the geological problems of their objects.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
CZECHTOURISM: 111 castles, châteaux and other selected historic buildings in the Czech Republic. Praha: Česká centrála cestovního ruchu, 1998.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Knowledge are checked during the semester by a semester project and presentations in MS PowerPoint. The course is completed by an examination, which may be scheduled having gained the initial credit. The examination is divided into a written and oral part.
E-learning
Other requirements
The study recommended literature. Complete the projects and written test to checking the knowledge in the professional literature, the content of lectures and exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction
2. History of building and importance of castles and chateaux
3. Geological bedrock of the Czech Republic, sources of building stone
4. Classification of used building stone
5. Relation of geomorphology and construction of castle buildings
6. Exogenous processes and their influence on castle objects
7. Castles on Proterozoic rocks
8. Granite castles
9. Castles on metamorphic rocks
10. Castles on volcanic rocks
11. Limestone castles
12. Sandstone castles
13. Castles on "exotics"
Conditions for subject completion
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Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction