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15/12/2010

The works for consolidating Santa Maria Cathedral have finished and they remove 70 tons of steel and 20 meters of wooden scaffoldings that covered the vaults

          Vitoria- Gasteiz, 10th December 2010.- The estructural consolidation of the unstable areas of Santa Maria Cathedral have finished after 17 months of works. Yhe most important works have been the ones in the south transept´s vaults, above the Santa Ana portal. After this works, it will be possible to visit this area again and admire the archs and all the repaired elements. The works

Reinforcement of the pillars of the transep and presbitery


* 110 tons of carved stone ( from Markina in Bizkaia)

* 250 tons of limestone

Triforiums´s braces for avoiding the opening of the walls and the vault´s curvature

* 130 meters of steel wire

Repairs of the foundations, walls and vaults of the south transept

* 100 tons of limestone of Campaspero ( Valladolid)

The buttress of 20 meters

* Consolidated by a 2,15 meters wall

Repairs of the vaults

* Eight hydraulic jacks have been used