Santa María La Real, Piasca, Spain

Founded in the 10th century by followers of the rule of Fructuosus of Braga, from which period only the cloister’s east wing remains, this church, dating mostly from the 12th century, is one of the Romanesque masterworks of Cantabria and the Liébana valley. Its roof was partially taken up in order to remove the corbels and metopes, which were restored in our workshop by dry-cleaning techniques. The building was also desalted and physically and structurally consolidated with the repair of cracks and fissures with lime mortar. These elements were provisionally replaced with wooden parts of identical size to protect the apses of the church, declared a cultural heritage site in 1930.