Restauración de la Iglesia de San Pedro, en Ávila

Jesús Fernández Suárez,Ramón Fernández Tresguerres,Luis Somoza Arias

doi:10.3989/mc.1985.v35.i198.925

Abstract

The work have been carried out in two consecutive phases. Firstly the four wooden nave forms were sustituted by overdimensioned iron lattice girders that entered the aisles and ended in a capping hoop thus allowing the absorption of the pushes from the vaults that were ruining the church fabric. Besides a careful impermeabilization of both nave and aisles roof was undertaken. The second phase included the restoration of pases and sacristies roofs to their original configurations, both with a re-pointing of the tower's ashlers and a reopening of blinded windows in his intermediate volume. The ruined capping body made of bricks was substituted by another made of ashlers. New windows were designed according to the existent buttress and following the double arch configuration of the reopened ones.

Highlights

The work have been carried out in two consecutive phases
The four wooden nave forms were sustituted by overdimensioned iron lattice girders, that entered the aisles and ended in a capping hoop allowing the absorption of the pushes from the vaults that were ruining the church fabric
The second phase included the restoration of pases and sacristies roofs to their original configurations, both with a re-pointing of the tower's ashlers and a reopening of blinded windows in his intermediate volume

Summary

Introduction

The work have been carried out in two consecutive phases. Firstly the four wooden nave forms were sustituted by overdimensioned iron lattice girders, that entered the aisles and ended in a capping hoop allowing the absorption of the pushes from the vaults that were ruining the church fabric. En la primera consistieron en sustituir las cuatro cerchas de madera de la nave central por estructuras metálicas de celosía sobredimensionadas que continuaban por las naves laterales y terminaban en zunchos de coronación, al objeto de absorber los empujes de las bóvedas que estaban arruinando la fábrica de la iglesia.

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