Portal de Cartagena
www.portaldecartagena.com
The restoration of the rim of the Piton de los Burros that fell a few days ago is already underway.
The area is covered with raffia to improve safety when performing cleaning and gluing later.
For now, the team in charge of the restoration is cleaning the area that fell off the monument and eliminating the source added to proceed after its restoration.
The team, composed of a historian, two restaurateurs, a surveyor and a draftsman placed in place two-thirds of the curb d and natural stone that broke off for unknown reasons.
It will take two to three months to complete the task.
To assemble the pieces of stone detached use a system similar to that already used in the restoration of the face of the Immaculate Risueño's Square.
The pieces are joined by pin synthetic resin material.
The pylon of donkeys is a natural stone trough that was from its origins, dating prior to 1593, attached or near the entrances to the City.
First to the Puerta de Murcia and later to the walls of Madrid Carlos III.
Its purpose was none other than providing water to animals, mainly shooting, arriving or leaving Cartagena.
In 1892, he moved outside the city walls, a large open space to be built in the Plaza of Spain.
He remained there until late 1960 when the urbanization of the area was dismantled and thrown into the cup runway Benipila boardwalk.
He remained there until 1990, was restored and placed in its present location in one of the outer rings of the Plaza of Spain ..
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies