Persistent rains in recent days have befallen Santiago de Compostela have highlighted the structural problems of the cathedral, which has started " squirting " water in large parts of the building.
The director of the Cathedral of Santiago Foundation, Daniel Lorenzo, said that not be something that the problem is less severe already knew " it was something I already knew,. Fragilities of the property become more noticeable with each passing day, wind and water and still more evident, " he said.
At a time when some parts of the cathedral building, some very prominent areas from the historical point of view, are visible cubes placed under the leaks to prevent the soil to puddle. Also from outside the temple you can see a blue tarp covering part of the roof on the chapel del Pilar. Daniel Lorenzo commented technicians currently working in the north tower of the cathedral explain that when the joints between the blocks open " water springs ". "It's all water logged," stated Lorenzo.
One of the important parts of the temple are entering where significant amounts of water these days is the dome, " but in the chapels also have that problem." But the chapel of Cristo de Burgos or Communion these days suffer persistent and at times intense rainfall over Santiago, like the terraces of the faculty and as director of the Cathedral " Foundation is affecting the very structure of the stone. "
Daniel Lorenzo explained that all covers temple need ' a very powerful intervention ', as already stated in the master plan of the property. " The meetings of the various phases of construction of the temple and their own decks need a comprehensive intervention., This is a very complicated building," he concluded
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