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The San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia has been the institution financing the restoration work of Christ the Healer, the oldest sculpture of the Holy Week in Murcia, under the agreement signed with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The replacement, which has focused primarily on the shoulders and the damaged structure has been carried out by the technicians of the Center for Restoration of the Region of Murcia and the company Asoarte.
After completing the restoration work of Christ the Healer, the size (205 x 195 x 27 cm) oldest Holy Week processions in Murcia again shouldered Holy Tuesday of the University Guild of UCAM.
"We have a great importance as it is the Christ of the student and the Catholic University. Retrieve this figure is priceless, is the sculpture of greater value in the Region of Murcia," said Jose Luis Mendoza, president of the UCAM during the presentation of the restoration work, which he described as "perfect."
"Patron of Culture"
The ceremony was also attended Pedro Alberto Cruz, Minister of Culture and Tourism, who emphasized the importance of Christ the Healer as "exceptional."
He also praised the initiative of the Catholic University of Murcia, "principal patrons of culture in the region," and the work carried out at the Centre for Restoration.
"Have you been to remove the overpainting that have taken place over the last half century and restore it to its original colors. Has fulfilled a civic duty to our heritage," said the counselor.
For his part, Francisco López Soldevila, director of the Center for Restoration, welcomed the involvement of the UCAM and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in restoring height, and recognize that the damage was "worse than we had expected. It had structural damage, "he said.
"We're back to try eating insects attack and have removed the overpainting that distorted reality of this color."
International Chair in Art and Cultural Heritage
During the presentation of this work of restoration, José Luis Mendoza went further details of the International Chair in Arts and Heritage will launch the UCAM and for which the artist has Gabarron with restorers Center Region of Murcia, and Cristóbal Belda, former director of the Museum Salzillo.
Mendoza said that "we will organize postgraduate courses in various specialties. Chair will be a Latin American international projects that will develop and congress impact the great figures of global visibility that will come."
The objective, as stated the president of the Catholic University, is "spreading religious art that has Murcia".
Source: UCAM
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