Towards the incorporation of a raised walkway at the Royal Alcazar of Seville: status and execution of the works

The Milanese architect Vermondo Resta arrived in Seville in the 16th century and soon became the master builder for the Alcázar, in charge of all the construction works undertaken in this royal palace dating from the Middle Ages. One of the challenges he addressed was the transformation of a fragmen...

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Autores: Molina Rozalem, Juan Francisco, Atanasio Guisado, Alberto
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/95760
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/95760
https://doi.org/10.14568/cp2017044
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Real Alcázar de Sevilla
Architectural intervention
Grotto gallery
Cultural Heritage
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Resumo:The Milanese architect Vermondo Resta arrived in Seville in the 16th century and soon became the master builder for the Alcázar, in charge of all the construction works undertaken in this royal palace dating from the Middle Ages. One of the challenges he addressed was the transformation of a fragment of the 12th century wall, which had lost its defensive function, into a double-storey gallery with views over the palace gardens. It was called the Galería del Grutesco, or Grotto Gallery. At the beginning of the 21st century arose the opportunity to restore this space to the design that Resta had conceived four centuries earlier. This article discusses the need to undertake this restoration and describes the technical solution that was proposed and recently executed.