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| The damaged tiles and the iron frame will be repaired before being reinstalled in its usual location in the Morería Baja | Ramón Alonso Luzzy's mural 'El Puerto Romano', located on Morería Baja street, is going to be restored.

The City Council has started the works this week, which have required the removal of the mosaic for its renovation in the laboratory.The tile painting of this work by the Cartagena artist is deteriorated, so it requires a restoration in the laboratory.

At the same time, the iron frame of the mosaic also presents damage, caused by the passage of time.

Specifically, it has been detached from the facade in which it is located due to rust.Thus, the works will also include the repair of the fastening system and the frame of the mural.“This emblematic mural by Ramón Alonso Luzzy is a unique work by the Cartagena artist, and due to the effects of the sun, rain and the passage of time, it presents damages that must be repaired.

For this reason, it has been transferred so that experts in the field can repair it and, once these restoration works are finished, it will be installed again in the Morería Baja ”, stressed the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón.MORE THAN 90% OF THE WALL WORK OF LUZZY AND NAVARRO CATALOGEDOn the other hand, the inventory of murals by Ramón Alonso Luzzy and Enrique Gabriel Navarro has managed to identify more than 90% of the works of these two Cartagena artists.The catalog, commissioned last September from the painter Enrique Navarro Carretero, son of Enrique Gabriel Navarro, has already made it possible to identify a total of 91 works in the municipality of Cartagena.

Most of these mosaics are ceramic, made on tile, although there are also acrylic murals (made on canvas or board) and stained glass.These works are located in different parts of the municipality, both in private buildings and homes and in other locations such as health centers, churches, offices and companies.Among the mosaics that have not been included in the inventory yet, several of them will be added to the catalog, possibly in the next few days and only three have not been included because the owners of the properties in which they are located have not authorized access to them.

technicians who carried out the documentation work.The mosaics have been registered with a catalog card which reflects both their technical characteristics such as location, year of the work, dimensions, state of conservation and other data such as the existence of a sketch, photographic documentation and the registration of the work signed."The works have been exhaustive, in order to be able to know the complete work of these two illustrious Cartagena painters", has valued the mayor and councilor for Archaeological Heritage, Ana Belén Castejón."This inventory will be an essential document for the conservation, study and dissemination of the work of Ramón Alonso Luzzy and Enrique Gabriel Navarro," the mayor concluded.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena