Higher School for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Galicia

Higher School for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Galicia

Escuela Superior De Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales de Galicia
Higher School of Conservation and Restoration façade
Type	Public Higher School
Established	1991
Affiliation	Xunta de Galicia
Director	Carmen Lorenzo Rivera [1]
Total staff	20
Students	more than 100 [2]
Location	Pontevedra , Province of Pontevedra, Galicia , Spain 42°25′56.0″N8°38′57.6″W / 42.432222°N 8.649333°W / 42.432222; -8.649333
Campus	City centre
Website	escolaconservacion.gal/..

The School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Property of Galicia (ESCRBBCCG) is a Spanish higher education institution of the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Xunta de Galicia. It is located in Pontevedra, in the former Saint Ferdinand Barracks, in the same building as the Faculty of Fine Arts. It is the only Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage in Galicia and the northwest of Spain and is the second oldest restoration school in Spain. ^{[3] [4]}

Location

The building is located at 1, General Martitegui Street in Pontevedra.

History

The school has been offering conservation and restoration studies since 12 January 1992. It awards the Higher Diploma in Conservation and Restoration of Heritage and Cultural Property. The creation of the Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property of Galicia in Pontevedra dates back to 1991 with Decree 352/1991 of 17 October (DOG (Official Galician Journal) of 24 October). ^{[5] [6]}

Between December 1994 and January 1995, the renovation of the building intended to house the Galician Higher School of Cultural Heritage was completed. In 1995, the school, created in 1991, moved in. ^[7]

The training

The school delivers the Higher Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Heritage and Cultural Property. The studies last four years, the first two years being common and the last two years being specialised. The three specialities taught in this institution are conservation-restoration of sculptural assets, conservation-restoration of pictorial assets and conservation-restoration of archaeological assets. ^{[8] [9]}

The first two years of study focus on conservation and restoration techniques, with a study of biology, physics and chemistry related to restoration and art history. In the final two years, there is a specialisation according to the option chosen, in which the technique and theory of each section are studied in depth.

Admission of cultural heritage conservators

The school is public and requires a high school degree and a specific admission exam. The exam consists of two parts: a textual analysis (related to the school's subjects) and a plastic arts exam (for example, that a colour is degraded in three phases using white). ^[10]

Facilities

The large building of the school is the former neoclassical Saint Ferdinand Barracks, designed by the architect Bonifacio Menéndez Conde, built between 1906 and 1909 and renovated in 1994 by the architect César Portela Fernández-Jardón to become the headquarters of the higher school for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Galicia.

The institution's library has more than 9,000 volumes, of which almost 6,000 were donated in July 2020 by the heirs of the doctor Manuel Carballal Lugrís, who lived in Pontevedra. ^[11]

Gallery

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  School entrance
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  Plaque with the school's name

References

1. "Educación dota de un almacén a la Escuela de Restauración". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 21 November 2019.
2. "La Escola de Restauración cuenta con un nuevo equipo de análisis de material para trabajo de campo". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 23 September 2021.
3. "Los "médicos" del patrimonio quieren ser universitarios". Cadena SER (in Spanish). 3 June 2018.
4. "La Escola de Restauración se adelanta al día europeo con una jornada de puertas abiertas". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 7 October 2019.
5. "DECRETO 352/1991, de 17 de octubre, por el que se crea la Escuela Superior de Conservación y Restauración de Bienes Culturales de Galicia, con sede en Pontevedra". Xunta de Galicia (in Spanish). 24 October 1991.
6. "El conselleiro destaca los 30 años de labor en favor del patrimonio de la Escola de Restauración". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 17 November 2021.
7. "La Escola de Restauración inicia su andadura en Poio". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 12 January 2018.
8. "Alumnos de Pontevedra restauran una imagen en piedra de la virgen de la Asunción del siglo XVIII". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 23 March 2022.
9. "La Escola de Restauración cuenta con un nuevo equipo de análisis de material para trabajo de campo". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 23 September 2021.
10. "¿Qué quiero estudiar? Conservación e restauración: Pintura". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 30 May 2020.
11. "Una donación de casi 6.000 libros triplica los fondos de la Escola de Restauración". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 15 July 2020.

See also

Related articles

• Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra
• Xunta de Galicia

External links

• Official ESCRBBCCG website