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The sculpture, located opposite the Palace of Justice these days is undergoing a complex rehabilitation |
The beginning of the restoration work of De la Cierva Memorial have confirmed that the sculpture suffered "a deep cracking and breaking of the bottom" as the first report by the technicians.
Therefore, during the next few days will proceed to the reorganization of the cracks discovered for subsequent welding, respecting the integrity and design of the affected part of the monument to conduct Paco Toledo.
The Department of Environment and Murcia program was promoted a few days ago the emergency restoration of the monument, a work that is located on the Paseo de Garay, opposite the Palace of Justice.
The deterioration of this important group of sculptures by the passage of the years (it was inaugurated on July 23, 1973) has recommended an extensive restoration which will return all its glory.
So, will undertake the consolidation of the centerpiece of the monument, where they had detected the appearance of cracks.
Among the works that are being developed these days has addressed the placement of specific bronze wool against twisting, uniting the party brass.
As recommended finishing the restoration of the original patina of all the statues for homogeneity in May.
The sculptor Francisco Toledo, who died in 2004, was Professor of Modeling and Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid.
Although the author has developed much of his artistic life in Rome, Paris and Madrid, Murcia has one of his greatest works, the monument to De La Cierva, inventor of the autogyro, with whom he won a prize housed.
Toledo was a pupil of Clement Cantos, Luis Garay, Moreno and González Sánchez Lozano.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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