The scaffolding around Murcia Cathedral has finally been removed
The Cathedral of Murcia is once again available to see in all its glory after the completion of restoration work
Finally free of scaffolding, the sun shone upon the magnificent façade of the Cathedral of Murcia city. Considered to be one of the jewels of Spanish Baroque style, the cathedral was built almost 300 years ago.
The cleaned face of the cathedral revealed the carvings and sculptures that have been hidden for the last year while restoration work was carried out.
The cathedral has been covered with scaffolding for the past year, and now it has been taken down, allowing people to see for the first time in a long time the front of the building, there is a sense you can appreciate all the details more intensely.
The Orthem company, which is in charge of the work, declared its work almost finished yesterday: only "some finishing touches to the marble and doors" remain to be done, as well as cleaning the lower part.
Dust has accumulated there due to the scaffolding used during the work. These final tasks are expected to be carried out during this week, they explained.
More than 50 master craftsmen were brought in to complete the work, which has run over budget by almost double the initial 1.2 million euros.
The work on the cathedral has included cleaning and consolidating sculptural elements, repairing structures damaged by the passage of time and restoring ornamental details affected by erosion caused by rain, wind and pollution, as well as by the "massive presence" of pigeons whose corrosive excrements damage the stone.
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