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The Ministry of Culture and Spokesperson, through the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage, the first promotes conservation work called 'Mansion Versailles', built by Victor Beltrí property in 1900 in the Villa Calamari council estate cartagenera St. Felix.
The works will be addressed by the property during this month and September.
The general director of Cultural Heritage, Maria Comas, explained that "the palace of Villa Calamari was declared a BIC in 2012, being comparable modernist building with other prominent buildings like the Palace of Aguirre and Pedreño Palace and Canovas houses, Dorda and Pinion ".
Since Culture, he added, "we ensure the conservation of regional heritage and, to this end, there have been in recent years a number of inspections to check the condition of known as" Mansion Versailles', urging owners to take measures suitable for slow its deterioration. "
Despite the control measures taken, vandalism have occurred in both the main building and its surroundings, which have caused damage.
Therefore, works of shoring, reinforcement and fall protection is now made, but for the moment, access to the property will remain banned despite being a BIC would entail the danger.
Specifically, the planned measures will primarily consist of reviewing and strengthening the underpinnings of wrought areas with signs of collapse in clean interior false ceilings and recessed covers replacement tile.
Closing exterior carpentry or holes without glasses also be completed, balconies, lintels and cornices be reviewed to prevent landslides and rooftop vegetation will be removed and raised areas to prevent leaks be repaired.
Finally, we will proceed to the cleaning and emptying debris Property and anticarcoma treatment will be made of wood.
Next to the remedies provided in the main building of Villa Calamari, the owners also included in the draft submitted to Culture Action different actions in other areas of the farm as garages, stables, mill, the pool, the scenario, Pit and the extensive outdoor garden made at the time that this building was known as 'Mansion Versailles'.
Similarly, as a result of the last inspection visit by technicians Heritage Service last July, the owners acquired the obligation to establish a regular maintenance plan that will avoid a deterioration of the BIC and contemplate measures such as cleaning the house and the plot, the tension struts, reviewing decks and wood treatment with anticarcoma.
History
The property belonged to an English businessman amateur botanist who turned the land into a lush garden and at the end of the nineteenth century, was acquired by the Italian mining Camilo Calamai whose name, deformed, later named the farm.
It was he who ordered the construction of the mansion Victor Beltrí in 1900.
The architect then designed a beautiful modernist building of eclectic style square with two floors and basement, accompanied by an annex block plant.
He used marble for the pedestal and the porch, and brick and artificial stone for the rest of the walls.
Source: CARM
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