Documenting the Traditional Lime Kilns Technology Across the Albanian-Greek Border
‘Burning the Bones of the Earth’ was initiated in November 2021 and concluded two years later, following extensive field research in several locations of Epirus in NW Greece and in regions of S. Albania. Its objective was to trace and document the traditional craftsmanship of wood-fired, flare-type lime kilns on both sides of the border; to explore the knowledge, practice, and social dimensions regarding the lime kiln technology and the ways it evolved in the two neighbouring countries. Full documentation of the project was uploaded at the British Museum’s Digital Resources Website on November 2025 and is now fully accessible to the community. In this resource you can find the documentation guide (downloadable file) and the full programmes website:
The file is available in English.
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- Educational material
This series consists of six capacity-building workshops for cultural heritage professionals in the framework of ECHOES project. It aims to deepen knowledge in critical topics related to cultural heritage activities and building crafts, targeted to educators, community leaders, or cultural practitioners.
- Education and Awareness on Architectural Heritage
- Heritage & Environmental sustainability
- Heritage-led Communities development
- Documentation of Traditional Knowledge
- Cultural Exhibition Design
- Creative Industries & Traditional Crafts
Enhancing Cultural Heritage Skills Across Europe (ECHOES) project, led by partners from Croatia (DRAGODID), Greece (Boulouki), and Ireland (Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland – DSWAI), is dedicated to the preservation, advancement, and promotion of European cultural diversity and heritage. The project is co-funded by the European Union, Creative Europe Program, action “European Cooperation Projects”.
- Educational material
This handbook documents a methodology for renovating interior plastering systems on stone masonry using low-impact lime- and clay-based materials enhanced with vegetable fibers. In this regard, it illustrates how a plastering system with enhanced thermal properties can be employed to modestly enhance the energy efficiency of a historic structure without compromising its architectural features. These interventions rely on local, natural materials and techniques based on traditional knowledge and the principles of reuse and recycling.
The research and implementation of the works was part of the project KERETSI.
The creation of the handbook was supported by the INTBAU Grassroots Grants Programme.
- Documentation
Since Boulouki has been working for years in Epirus, it has come close to the needs of local communities. In the framework of this project it aims at enhancing their livelihood and well-being by mapping ecosystems and the services they offer to the sustainable conservation of natural resources with the aim of social and economic well-being and delivering important information and skills for the management and sustainable development of the area focusing on biodiversity-related knowledge, agricultural, traditional livestock grazing practices, landscape and cultural values, traditional water infrastructures and related knowledge on sustainable use of natural resources.
The file is available in Greek.