[krisoft]

> there are several specialists from Turkey, Iran and other Middle Eastern states who can still do

That makes it sound like somehow only those people can carve stone? That is far from the truth.

Look at this guy for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCVaDTxTC4

He is a young fella somewhere in a UK happily knocking on stone until it becomes part of a cathedral. It is merely an economic decision how many of the like of him we wish to pay for.

[rurban]

Because when those old buildings get destroyed (usually in a war, because they last forever), you would not find anybody in the west to be able to repair or re-erect it. You can only fly in specialists from there.

Such as the stonebridge from Mostar.