Technical sheet
Typology
Architectural Heritage
Protection
Monumento Nacional (1907) | UNESCO World Heritage (1983)
Period 16th century (1514-1520)
Author(s)
Francisco de Arruda and Diogo de Boitaca (planning/guidance)
Date
1997 - 1998
Service
Conservation-restoration
Work
Conservation condition survey and mapping; conservation-restoration: preliminary tests; cleaning; joint repair; filling of discontinuities; structural interventions; reattachment of unstable fragments; final protective treatments.
Areas
Façades
Materials
Stone (Lioz limestone)
Analyses
Mineralogic characterisation (FTIR, XRD, XRF) of alteration and degradation products; study of consolidation products; study of repointing mortars (World Monuments Fund-Portugal Scientific Committee, LNEC, IST, FCT-UNL).
