Santo Domingo Cathedral, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Refurbishment of the facades and roofs of the Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in the historic center of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, by our team of restorers. The work involved cleaning of wall surfaces, renewal of missing jointing in ashlar masonry with lime mortars, consolidation of historic buttresses, and weatherproofing of the clay roofing. This cathedral is the oldest in the Americas, founded in 1512, and the only one in Gothic style. In 1546, at the behest of the Emperor Charles V, Pope Paul III gave it the rank of Metropolitan Cathedral and Primate of America.