Nova Conservação - Convent of Christ (Rotunda)

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Convent of Christ (Rotunda)

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Typology Architectural Heritage, Historic Interiors/Objects
Designation National Monument - 1910 | World Heritage - 1983
Location Portugal, Tomar
Period Late 12th century (decorative works: 16th century)
Property Directorate General for Cultural Heritage (former IGESPAR, IP)
Client Directorate General for Cultural Heritage (former IGESPAR, IP)
Work
Architectural and state condition survey, conservation and restoration interventions
Date 11/2007-04/2008 (Triumphal Arch) | 11/2007-06/2008 (Sides 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 e 16 of the Deambulatory) | 02/2009-05/2009 (Sides 1, 2, 3, 4 and inferior level of side 10 of the Deambulatory) | 07/2013-12/2013 (Central Octagonon)
Areas Rotunda: Triumphal Arch, Sides 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 e 16 of the Deambulatory, Sides 1, 2, 3, 4 and inferior level of side 10 of the Deambulatory, and Central Octagonon
Materials Mural painting, plasterwork, stone, gilded and polychrome woodcarving, wood, metal, guadameci, polychrome wood sculptures, furniture, panel painting
R&D
Monitorization of environmental conditions (T and HR). Stratigraphic analysis of painting layers; identification of pigments and binders, past interventions and alteration products by means of raking, infrared and ultraviolet light examination, colorimetry and visible spectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy, optical microscopy, micro-chemical analysis, Fourier Transform infrared microspectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled to energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (José de Figueiredo Laboratory and Hercules Laboratory)
Notes
This project had the patronage of the company "CIMPOR-Intercement"
Dissemination
AA.VV. – “A Charola do Convento de Cristo – História e Restauro”, edição da Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Lisboa, 2014

N. Proença, J. Pestana, S. Valadas, A. Cardoso, H. Vargas e I. Ribeiro - "Pinturas da Charola do Convento de Cristo (Tomar). Estudo material para reintegração cromática", na Revista “Pedra & Cal”,nº 39, dedicada ao tema A Cor e o Património, Julho - Setembro 2008, Lisboa, pp. 28 – 30

Ana C. Dias, Irene Frazão, M. José Moinhos, J. Seabra Gomes e N. Proença -"O restauro da Charola do Convento de Cristo: a derradeira etapa", na revista “Património”, nº2, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Lisboa, 2014, pp.102-107

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In August 11th 1994, Nova Conservação was established in Portugal by technicians specializing in Conservation and Restoration who were academically trained by the now designated Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, in Rome; such is the case of Paola Coghi and Nuno Proença.

As conservator-restorers, they have been invited to work internationally, in conservation and restoration consultancy and projects, in countries including Italy (Tempio Nettuno, Paestum), Argentina (Teatro Cólon, Buenos Aires), India (Taj Mahal, Agra), China (Nanshi, Luoyang), and Libya (National Heritage Museum, Tripoli).

Currently, Nova Conservação also counts with conservator-restorers trained by the Faculty of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon and the Tomar School of Technology - Polytechnic Institute of Tomar among its professionals.

We are a structured organization with a permanent, multidisciplinary and complementary team, combining experience and youth, and including experts from the fields of architecture, the humanities and the traditional arts.

In these almost 30 years of activity, we have had the privilege to carry out numerous conservation and restoration interventions, mostly in designated historic monuments, as well as diagnostic surveys, studies and projects, for public and private national and international entities. Some of these interventions were distinguished by organizations such as EUROPA NOSTRA.

Nova Conservação also cooperates with institutions linked to research and higher education, thereby contributing to the production of knowledge and methodological and technological innovation in the field of heritage conservation.

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We conduct the study and analysis of the heritage subject in its historical aspects, condition, materials and construction techniques and artistic production in order to prepare the intervention, from which results the documentation of all work phases, understood as a fundamental part of the object’s historical memory.

Thanks to the skill and experience of our team, in its various aspects, reinforced where necessary by specialized technicians, we can ensure the accuracy and quality of our work. To support the organizational structure, since 2009 we have an integrated quality management system developed in accordance with the ISO 9001 standard.

A key factor is still our position in yard, fulfilling the security legislation either to employees and other stakeholders and for the object and its surroundings, and while allowing the continued enjoyment of the object / monument. Respect for environmental standards / eco-sustained, too, it is revealed in the careful management of residual materials from the interventions.