Restoration of the visigothic church of Santa Lucía del Trampal, Alcuéscar-Extremadura-Spain

Abstract

The restoration of the Visigothic church of Santa Lucía del Trampal has been an extremely interesting experience both as an integrated restoration project and a historical and archeological research. This kind of character further conditioned in a special way, not only the methodology, but also the criteria and, consequently, the results. Structural necessities together with the contributions of the if investigation have been determinant in choosing formal and constructive Solutions, always respecting the concepts of the original image and space as well as an easy identification of the contemporary contribution. The latter has been individualized basically through the use of materials and constructive details not traditional in those areas whose definition belongs to the field of hypothesis, and with original materials and techniques in places where it was only necessary to reintegrate the lost parts whose form and materials were perfectly known.