recovery project covers the Old Cathedral and the interior facades of the New, has joined the restoration of gold leaf, which has increased the cost at 1.3 million
are expected to work, marching apace, completed in the second half of 2009, helping the candidacy of Plasencia, Monfragüe, Trujillo and La Dehesa is declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco
The state spends more than 4 million euros to the construction of 1,819 homes in the city
November 13, 2008 .- The Minister of Housing, Beatriz Corredor, today visited the repairs to roofs, facades and interiors of the Cathedral of Plasencia, which fully financed by the Ministry with nearly 3 million euros. Investment in the project principal, from 1.7 million euros, has increased by 1.3 million to enable the recovery of gold from gold leaf.
During his visit, Corridor has found the pace to continue the work, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2009 and recover to Plasencia Cathedral and its citizens, contributing to the joint bid of the municipality, Monfragüe Trujillo and La Dehesa is declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
With his visit to Plasencia, Broker wanted to show its commitment to Piacenza. A commitment that is not restricted to restore the cathedral and that the Ministry is working with the Housing Program 60,000 of the Extremadura by investing more than 4 million euros in the construction of 1,819 homes in Plasencia in priority development areas of Los Monjes, Camino de las Huertas and San Miguel PP-3.
The minister toured the cathedral complex of the hand of the authors of the restoration project, architects and Jaime Araujo Sebastian Nadal, and the officers of the company awarded the contract, the UTE Trigem - Rehabilitor, that you have been taught in detail what they are up work consisting of the property nearly five centuries of history.
Corridor has been accompanied by the Bishop of the Diocese of Plasencia, Amadeo Rodriguez, the mayor the municipality, Elia María Blanco, and the delegate of the Government in Extremadura, Carmen Pereira.
Gold leaf, roofs and facades
jobs recovery began in 2007 following an initial draft restoration of the roofs of the Old Cathedral and the interior walls of the New Cathedral. Since the work started, there was the special relevance of the acquired gold gold leaf, missing a high percentage and barely visible to the naked eye.
For this reason, the Ministry has expanded its initial investment of 1.7 billion euros, 1.3 million more to restore the gold and return to the Cathedral to its original appearance.
Intervention in the Old Cathedral develops new since the previous mating had deteriorated prematurely. Regarding the New Cathedral, the action is interior cleaning jobs of all domes, pillars, walls, statues and ornaments as well as its complete restoration. The project also includes the treatment of facing separation of the two buildings.
Among the actions already undertaken, the survey highlights cover the Old Cathedral and the installation of a large scaffold within the New Cathedral to work on various elements of the upper part of the ships, such as vaults, walls and shafts of columns. To This has been necessary to remove the cult and move to the Museum. Another singular piece, the door of the sacristy, has required the installation of minor structures in order to proceed with its restoration. Architectural Heritage
Extremadura Extremadura is an Autonomous Community in which the Ministry develops more activities for the recovery of architectural heritage. Next to the Cathedral of Plasencia, the Department is now committed to investing over EUR 50 million for a thirty historic buildings.
Among the actions planned, three are in the National Park Monfragüe (Cáceres). This is the rehabilitation of the Casa de la Milicia de San Carlos in Serradilla, the Puente del Cardenal, among Serradilla and Torrejón el Rubio, and excavation, consolidation and external conditioning Monfragüe Castle in Torrejón el Rubio.
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