few days ago, workers have turned to the abbey to dismantle the scaffolding installed at the gate novel in nearly three weeks. A time that may have seemed long for lovers of Romanesque art come to see the eardrum. Yet at the tourist office, any temper tantrums visitors do not make themselves felt. "We have no registered complaints particular, it says at the reception. People have been rather sympathetic about the need for such scaffolding. "Small consolation, they will still be able to find a picture of the eardrum in one room in the tourist office. And now?
To understand the purpose of the expertise of the eardrum, it goes back to 1982. To date, work had been done to restore the original level of the court, by lowering the position of a meter. This was then allowed to treat the walls against rising damp along the wall. In 2000, a first evaluation was then performed to measure the impact of 1982 work on the preservation of the eardrum, giving quite good results (see box below).
This new expertise in October 2010 was therefore to determine the course of the degradation of the gate novel in ten years, through comparison of shots and altered. These results will be known within weeks. If the state of the portal is unchanged, the case will remain there. However, according to the mayor, "if there is a progression of damage, this will surely lead to a range of other expertise to make a diagnosis of the causes of deterioration and solutions to, and, where appropriate, the necessary work. " A scenario in which residents and tourists would have to get used to the presence of metal structures in front of their beloved Abbey.
"The recommendations will be acted upon"
In an AFP report, Veronique Verges-Belmin, expert laboratory research of historical monuments which has made the diagnosis of portal this month, the situation is serious. It was she who had already established the diagnosis in 2000, adding that the heavy work undertaken in the 1980s had "saved the portal," but not stop the hurt. The report stated that the gate was "in a state of conservation concern." However, "no conservation action has been conducted on this portal" since the 1980s. Unfortunately, this document was then dropped into oblivion. But this time, city and state have decided not to "let fall the blow." "The new recommendations would be acted upon," Shoot certify Roland, director of cultural affairs.
Restore or not?
If necessary, the municipality has the support of the region, county and state who must "lead by example" by Roland shoot, because the city alone could not provide such site. "That's the big difference between a rich heritage that transcends us almost monumental, and small means in a rural area with few economic opportunities," he says.
Here, the pollution is not an issue. The abbey suffered from the building, close to the cloister, the line of railroad in the nineteenth century. The site has insidiously changed the flow of groundwater. The water is rising by capillary action and severely damaged the stone.
Like many others, he sees the tympanum of Moissac, near Christ's return at the end of time, an allegory of the disengagement of the State for Cultural Affairs.
Paillarse For Dominique, director of cultural affairs in the Midi-Pyrenees, "the state is already taking its role. The laboratory research of historical monuments is so graciously intervened. As for the financing of restoration, it is too early for the government to take any commitments. But we are extremely careful because this is an exceptional heritage. "
Source and Pictures: The dispatch
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