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in the restoration
History of the Cathedral frescoesThe Chapter requested the restoration of the paintings and it was necessary to dismantle the central gilt wood keystone and the panels of the Baroque vault, in order to access the frescoes.
This dismantling, in accordance with the legal precepts, was made reversibly, keeping the numbered fragments under the responsibility of the Chapter. The architect Salvador Vila Ferrer was in charge of the interior and exterior architectural work.
View the list of works carried out in the restoration
1.
Restoration
of the Great Chapel
Works made
Restoration of the whole baroque work of the Great Chapel, marbles, stuccoes, and gilding.
Restoration of the baroque work of the chapel.
The restored Main Chapel.
2.
Removal and transfer of the keystone and panels
Works made
The window frames, the images of saints and the baroque ribs have been preserved, which do not obstruct the vision of the angels and maintain the “vertical reading” of the baroque apse, especially from the entrance.
Baroque dome panels.
Disassembling the dome.
Disassembling the panels.
The frescoes and the baroque nerves.
3.
Restoration
of the apse roof
Works made
This external building work is better contemplated from the new “Almoina archaeological square”.
View of the external work from the Almoina Square.
The Almoina from the terrace.
4.
Reconstruction
of the terrace
Works made
Elimination of the windows and the ambulatory roof tiles, reconstruction of the original terrace and its cornice.
The galleries without the roof.
The reconstructed terrace.
The terrace and the galeries.
View through the galleries.
5.
Works on the apse, windows and stained glass
Works made
Consolidation and cleaning of the apse walls, recovery of the pointed windows, installation of stained glass with exterior and interior ultraviolet filters.
Detail of a stained glass.
Recovery of the ogival windows.
Stained glass with ultraviolet filters.
6.
Restoration of the Renaissance frescoes
Works made
Elimination of mould and fungus, cleaning of dirtiness with eraser, cleaning of the gilded adornment, covering of cracks and missing areas with reversible “rigatino”, fixation of areas with loosening risk.
Cleaning of the gilding.
Restoration of the frescoes.
Cleaning and restoration.
Cleaning and restoration.
7.
Lighting of the frescoes
Works made
With a new cold light and energy-saving system with Led cells, for the first time in a Valencian monument.
Led cell lighting.
Seventy seven sensors monitor the work.
Detail of the sensors in the work.
Lighting of the main chapel.
LEDs are solid-state semiconductor devices which make them robust, reliable, long-lasting and vibration-proof, which can convert electrical energy directly into light. The inside of an LED is a small semiconductor encapsulated in an epoxy resin enclosure. On the other hand, LED devices are environmentally friendly as they do not contain mercury, have a longer life, save considerable energy and produce almost no light pollution.
