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The restoration works foreseen in the Juan de Uzeta de Totana fountain, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), contemplate an integral action in the monument and in its architectural environment, and these will be undertaken in virtue of a recent grant granted by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture to the City Council of this town.
This was announced by the councilor of Historical Heritage, Inmaculada Blázquez, and the architect responsible for the development of the project of rehabilitation of this infrastructure, Francisco Guerao, who explained that the Consistory is collecting the latest relevant documentation to proceed with the receipt of said subsidy .
In this way, this monument will be restored and recovered after various actions that have been carried out, after the totanero Consistory developed the basic and execution project for its integral rehabilitation.
The source is in the protected environment of the church of Santiago, declared a Site of Cultural Interest.
The report of the Historical Heritage Service concluded that "the intervention envisaged in the reference property did not endanger the integrity of the temple and did not alter its contemplation".
In addition, the current architectural and landscape features in the area of ​​intervention of the project are "degrading to the monument", assuming the rehabilitation of the source and its immediate surroundings an improvement of the same, as they collect the technical reports of the Service of Historical Heritage of the Autonomous Community.
The Plenary of Totana agreed in September 2016, unanimously, at the proposal of the Councilor for Historical Heritage, request the Ministry of Culture and Spokesperson the full subsidy of the cost of rehabilitation works of the source and its environment, given their status of deterioration.
This baroque monument was built in the 18th century and is located as part of an urban ensemble of great artistic and cultural value.
For a while now, signs of an advanced degenerative state have been observed in the monument, with evident aesthetic degradation and problems of water flow.
This is the work of totanero Silvestre Martínez Teruel, and is part of an urban group of great artistic and cultural value that also served to provide drinking water for the population.
This is an iconic reference for Totana that was designed by the totanero Silvestre Martínez Teruel, a versatile character of his time who is credited with other important works in the municipality.
The councilor recalled that since the beginning of this term, in 2015, the regional administration claimed the need to intervene and restore this monument, since for some time now, "signs of an advanced degenerative state have been observed, with a evident aesthetic degradation and problems of functioning of the water flows, as well as structural deteriorations that can endanger original and unique pieces of the monument ".
Inmaculada Blázquez mentioned that in August 2016 a formal request for a grant was made to the Directorate General of Cultural Assets to intervene in the source and its surroundings, supported by a technical project in which the needs and interventions to be carried out were detailed. .
He explained, "due to administrative problems, this concession was delayed, but today we can say that the procedures will be initiated as soon as possible for the preservation of one of our architectural and historical icons of Totana."
The councilman of the branch showed his satisfaction for the beginning of these performances, which he said, "it is a reason to be happy to share with neighbors such important news," he said.
In addition, he added that "it is my wish, that with this restoration, which I hope is underway in a few months, in addition to consolidating and ensuring the structural part, and what is not seen because it is inside the source, we can appreciate the beauty of the original colors and marbles that our ancestors contemplated, as well as learning to value it as one of the most relevant elements of our artistic heritage and to reserve it for many years with the interventions projected in its environment ".
For his part, the architect Francisco Guerao explained that the work not only includes an important performance of restoration of the source that will give light and value to it, but also an adaptation of the architectural environment that surrounds this monument to make it more remarkable and appreciated in the integral environment of the whole.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana / Totana.com
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