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It is a performance that represents an investment of 240,000 euros, subsidized by the Autonomous Community, and has involved improving all the exhibition halls and the inclusion of new services.
The Councillor for Culture of the City of Lorca, Sandra Martinez, this morning visited the nineteenth-century palace Garden Ruano whose complete restoration carried out on the occasion of damage by earthquakes are executed at 90%.
The mayor explained that this is an investment of € 240,000, a funding obtained through a grant from the Directorate General of Cultural Heritage of the Autonomous Region of Murcia.
Martinez explained that the building of the Garden Ruano is an emblem of civil architecture of the town, was declared of Cultural Interest in 1993 and became municipal property in 1996. It was built in the second half of the S XIX, with different uses Throughout its history.
In fact, this construction began as a residential house and has become even the headquarters of the Banco de Cartagena.
The council has indicated that the repair work is assuming a full settlement of the building, including all of its plants.
Specifically, one of the most innovative performances is held in the basement, which prior to this was not visited because it is dedicated to the storage of different collections such as the remarkable Lorca Professor Horacio Capel, who has been transferred to the Municipal Archives, where You may be consulted and most convenient way to access to these document collections.
Thus that stay will be devoted to exhibition use.
"We believe it is a very significant space for important contemporary exhibitions, unusual in our town, which thus give an extension of the cultural horizon. In this regard, various panels that have been installed to help the collation of parts of the future exhibitions, "said the mayor of Culture of Lorca.
Another important change is the installation on the back of a stairway evacuation is mandatory to allocate this space to exhibition use.
One of the incidents detected in this plant was the appearance of damp, a situation that has been corrected with the completion of these works.
To this end, it has implemented a wireless system removing dampness, something new that eliminates the need to dig trenches damaging abroad;
and on the other hand forced ventilation system.
As for the main floor, it has undertaken the restoration of cracks, cracks and chipped derived from the damage caused by the earthquake in 2011 also have reviewed all the woodwork and installed a new electrical system that allows better lighting.
It has included a new system of music, independent on each floor, which serve to enliven the visit of the building, and has also changed the entire display system.
The new panels have been placed between the window openings, without covering them as they are characteristic elements of the building.
However, it is mobile and versatile panels, as they are tailored to the needs of each exposure and the height thereof rises to the window frames pleasing installation visually and integrating ventilation machines to make it a space exhibition neutral and uniform.
In the back of the grid of the window to make and operate folding rear storage space than the panels used are enabled.
The second floor also has been entirely dedicated to exhibition space, so that the building will be dedicated to exhibitions, being able to combine several.
One enabling circuit back was now obsolete and that enables access to the elevator, so that the disabled adapts is created.
In foreign bases they have been reviewed all the streetlights, as well as projectors.
They have repaired the cracks and damaged moldings and painted the facade.
It has also repositioned pipeline system and reviewed all of the woodwork.
A new feature has also undertaken the restoration and placement of the sculptures of Industry and Agriculture, crowning the entrance to the Palace from the perimeter fence, which will be painted completely.
A lack of a camera to prevent humidity
The performance will conclude once run an outer chamber to prevent moisture, which will ensure better conservation of the building, preventing further deterioration that has suffered for years because of this.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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