cornice

A blast wave is said to have damaged a plastered cornice on the eastern façade but not affected the interior.

Its poor structural condition was exposed in 2012 when bits of its elaborate cornice began falling off after an especially harsh winter which required a multi-million euro renovation the following year.

The first step was to make it seven feet up from the window to a small ledge called a cornice.

As your eyes adjust in the dark, unlit details fade in: a coat of aluminum paint on the cornice, a staircase through the curtain, a tracing of mortar among stones in the foundation.

Saturday found a backpack next to a broken snow cornice near the crater rim.