Technical sheet
Typology
Architectural Heritage
Protection
Monumento Nacional (1907) / UNESCO World Heritage (1983)
Period 16th - 17th centuries (1513 - 1601)
Author(s)
Diogo de Boitaca, João de Castilho, Diogo de Torralva and Jerónimo de Ruão
Date
2013
Service
Conservation-restoration
Work
Plan for the conservation-restoration of the church vaults – 1st phase/Phase I1 (Pilot):
Photographic and graphic survey of: conservation condition; past interventions; conservation-restoration activities; conservation-restoration of stone masonry and stonework, including cleaning, structural reinforcement, joint treatment, and readhesion of detached fragments; conservation-restoration of stained glass; maintenance of the chancel vault; conservation and maintenance of a chancel window frame and of the triumphal arch.
Areas
Three Manueline vaults – South Room, Southern bay of the high choir, and North transept chapel; stained glass on the South Room; vault and (two) windows of the chancel.
Materials
Stone (Lioz, Encarnadão and Amarelo de Negrais limestones; marble); Metals; Others (stained glass)
Analyses
Installation of a temperature and relative humidity monitoring system inside the church.
Notes
The intervention had the consultancy of Professor José Delgado Rodrigues.
