Some remarks about the restoration of the Apostles door of the Cathedral of Valencia. Spain

Abstract

The Apostle door of the Cathedral of Valencia, Built in the first Half of the 14th c, is one of most extraordinary examples of the monumental main fronts of southern Gothic. The intervention carried out was fruit of an agreement of sponsorship among companies and institutions and was aimed at realizing conservation work on the masonry, degraded by poor building functioning, and the sculptures, replacing by replicas those of apostles removed thirty years ago. Various construction operations, such as emptying the terrace of the false triforium, reintegrations and compression filling were the basis on which it was proceeded to the stages of cleaning and consolidation of the stone and patina base. Special installations, such as anti-humidity barrier and a pigeon repellent system, which will avoid their nest building, have been incorporated.