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Press Releases

11/02/2005

The Basque Government gives 800.000€ to the restoration

11/02/2005 This section covers the period 2004-2007 and is aimed at upgrading the tower and portico to give them with new cultural uses.

Press Releases

26/01/2005

The Cathedral, ´an example of tourism know-how´

26/01/2005 The tour operators participating in the International Tourism Fair, Fitur 2005, highlight the "informative nature" of the guided visits.

Press Releases

12/01/2005

The visits include the triforium and the vaults of the portico.

12/01/2005 These two areas of the Old Cathedral can only be visited one day a week, on Wednesdays, for technical reasons.

Press Releases

01/01/2005

Record number of visits in 2004 with 75,000 people

01/01/2005 This figure shows a 15% rise with regard to the previous year and the trend indicates 100,000 visitors in 2005.

Press Releases

17/11/2004

Portugal praises the restoration as a ´model in Europe´

17/11/2004 The Santa Maria Cathedral Foundation presents the project in Lisbon with conferences and exhibitions.

Press Releases

11/11/2004

The Cathedral portico will be restored by the end of 2005

11/11/2004 After two years of exhaustive research, work is now beginning to solve the deterioration problems.

Press Releases

01/09/2004

The King and Queen praise the Cathedral restoration

01/09/2004 King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia demonstrated their support to the project to restore the gothic temple during their visit.

Press Releases

24/06/2004

Awards of the II Short Story Competition

24/06/2004 Arturo Martínez Musitu, from Vitoria, is awarded the first prize with a story entitled "Al aire" (Air).

Press Releases

17/06/2004

Prizes for Photographic Contest

17/06/2004 Jesús María Gómez from Vitoria has won first prize for a collection in black and white entitled "Four seconds".

Press Releases

22/05/2004

Prizes for the III Open-Air Painting Competition

22/05/2004 Julio Gómez Leioa, Vizcaya), Fernando Gil (Vitoria) and Agustín Vaquero (Zaldibia, Guipúzcoa) obtained the first three prizes.