Technical sheet
Typology
Architectural Heritage
Historic Interiors/Objects
Protection
Monumento Nacional (1907) – UNESCO (1983)
Period 16th - 17th centuries (1513 - 1601)
Author(s)
Diogo de Boitaca, João de Castilho, Diogo de Torralva and Jerónimo de Ruão
Date
2024 - 2026
Service
Conservation-restoration
Work
Interior Phases 4, 5 and 6 (I4-I5-I6)
Photographic and graphic recording of the conservation condition and masons’ marks; conservation-restoration of stone materials: cleaning; treatment of metal elements; joint reparing; stabilisations and reattachment of fragments; finishing treatments; conservation-restoration of stained glass and window panes; conservation-restoration of altarpieces in gilded woodcarving; conservation-restoration of the painted and gilded copper bosses; conservation-restoration of large-size iron objects; conservation-restoration of 4 bas-reliefs in Lioz stone.
Areas
Sub-choir (including 1 altarpiece in gilded wood), balustrade, columns and vaults of the central nave (I4); crossing and transept (including vault of the crossing, vaults and tombs in the transept chapels; 8 altarpieces in gilded wood; 15 bosses in polychrome and gilded copper; 4 bas-reliefs in Lioz stone; stained glass windows; gilded and ungilded iron elements) (I5); north and south rooms of the high choir (including stained glass windows) and staircases to the cloister terrace and to the roof (I6)
Materials
Stone (Lioz and Encarnadão limestones; marble); Metals (copper, bronze, iron); Wood (carved wood); Other (glass and stained glass)
Analyses
LJF (copper bosses; bas-reliefs); ISQ (copper bosses; bas-reliefs); Project HEDGE (copper bosses)
R&D
Development of a system for the infilling of lacunae on the copper bosses – carried out in collaboration with KN Engenharia; LJF; ISQ; Project HEDGE; 3D Italy and independent consultants.
