Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain)

  • David Martín Freire-Lista
  • Rafael Fort González
Palabras clave: provenance, procedencia, preventive conservation, conservación preventiva, building stone, piedra de construcción, microcracks, microfisuras

Resumen

The characterization of building stones used in monuments and the location of their historic quarries is key for maintenance and restoration works. The four most representative building stones of Madrid: flint, granite, Cretaceous dolostone and Miocene limestone, have been used in the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent of this city. A plaque of Carrara marble was placed on the convent façade in honour of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes in 1870.

The decay of the stones was determined by characterization techniques such as optical polarization and fluorescence microscopy and spectrophotometry. This technique gave information about the colour change between the plinth granite of the convent and quarry granite where it was extracted. The historical documentation complements these data.

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Biografía del autor/a

David Martín Freire-Lista

David Martín Freire-Lista holds a degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Oviedo (2001), a Master in Environmental Geology and Geological Resources from the Complutense University of Madrid (2010) and an European PhD in Geology and Geological Engineering (2016). His research focusses on petrophysics for heritage stone conservation, having worked at the Oviedo University (2000), Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brasil) (2000-2001), Federal University of Ouro Preto (Brasil) (2001-2002), Simón Bolivar University (Venezuela) (2002-2004), Bureau of Economic Geology (University of Texas, Austin) (2004-2005). He has been project manager in Central America from 2005 to 2007 and from 2008 he works at the “Applied Petrology for Heritage Conservation” of the Geosciences Institute (IGEO, CSIC-UCM).

Rafael Fort González

Rafael Fort González. BSc. in Geological Sciences (1979) and PhD in Economic Geology (1985) from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). Since 1987, Senior Scientist at (Spanish Council for Scientific Research, CSIC). Since 2006, - Head of the research group, from Geosciences Institute (IGEO, CSIC-UCM)., “Applied Petrology for Heritage Conservation” Research interests on: Buildings materials characterization (stone, bricks, mortars, etc.); quality and durability of stony materials. Conservation treatments, materials provenance: historic quarries. He has participated in 95 research contracts and agreements with private companies and public administrations. These past projects include research on decay processes and conservation methods on emblematic Spanish monuments.

Publicado
2017-06-25
Cómo citar
Freire-Lista, D. M., & Fort González, R. (2017). Stone provenance and conservation of the Trinitarias Descalzas of San Ildefonso convent, Madrid (Spain). Ge-Conservacion, 11, 25-33. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v11i0.438

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