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Figure 8.7 The impact of the M
=
6ΒΌ 18 September 1692 earthquake in the village of Soiron.
(A) Isometric view of the historical centre of the village of Soiron, modified from Peters (
1976
)
,
indicating the houses that existed during the seventeenth century before the 1692 earthquake occurred.
(B) As for (A) but indicating the houses that our study evaluated as partially or totally rebuilt after
the earthquake, the houses partially or totally built or transformed during the eighteenth century,
and the houses showing disturbances or repair traces that could be attributed to the earthquake.
(C) Photograph of the gable end of a house dating from the seventeenth century and showing
disturbances that are characteristic of earthquake consequences: fall of a chimney taking away part of
the upper wall and detachment of the facade from the gable end, with partial collapse of the facade,
rebuilt with bricks after the earthquake. (D) Photograph of the main facade of two houses located
on the church square, rebuilt after the earthquake in a style than we can attribute to the Late Mosan
renaissance style (end of the seventeenth century).
of the village, suggesting that at least some of them may correspond to houses strongly
damaged by the earthquake that were demolished and reconstructed or modified after-
wards.
Regarding the repairs and pathologies still visible today, it seems that most of them
concern fall of chimneys with parts of the pine walls (
Figure 8.7
C
), stripping of the lateral
