A Bahar - University of Guilan, Rasht,
M Saffari Tabalvandani - University of Science and Culture, Rasht, Iran

Monuments have been preserving cultural identity of ancient people; hence, these valuable works should be retrofitted to resist earthquake. Note that each monument has its own features; it needs special contemplations according to its properties. The vulnerable parts of important places must be identified and recognized; finally the retrofitting and maintenance procedures would be presented. New technologies can effectively help historical buildings to be truly retrofitted with minimum or no changes in their external appearances. The main goal of this paper is to introduce devastating impacts of earthquake on monuments and seismic retrofitting methods.

(Monument, Historical Building, Retrofitting, Earthquake Resistant