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The government delegate, Rafael González Tovar, today announced that the Ministry of Culture, through the Institute of Cultural Heritage of Spain (IPCE), restored the drawers and the top auction walnut sacristy of the Cathedral of Murcia, a gem of religious furniture of the sixteenth century Italian work of James Torni.
González Tovar added that, upon completion of the restoration work has been converted into the sacristy to ensure the preventive conservation of furniture that retains much of the liturgical furnishings of the diocese.
The drawers had been affected by fire, suffered in the last third of the seventeenth century, which destroyed some of their boards.
In addition, the humidity had particularly affected the lower zone.
In the eighteenth century, when they put the current marble floor level was varied original flooring and removed the socket, increasing the action of moisture.
The drawers also had significant physical stability problems have detached the entire crest.
Source: Delegación del Gobierno en Murcia
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