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8th May 2001
Roughly 3.000 visitors to the exhibition showing the restoration of the frescos of Segorbe cathedral



The exhibition was such a success with visitors that it was left open to the public for a further days



Valencia (08.05.01). Roughly 3.000 people visited the exhibition showing the process for restoring the frescos in the vault and the tondi of Segorbe cathedral (Castellón). This event was arranged by the Valencian Community Foundation "The Light of Images" at the Círculo Segorbino and was open from 3rd April to 1st May, both inclusive.

The numbers of visitors to the exhibition, "Restoration of the vault and tondi of Segorbe cathedral" were such that this was left open to the public for a further day.

The public at the exhibition were the inhabitants of Segorbe itself, people from the villages in Alto Palancia county and groups of day-trippers visiting Segorbe.

The exhibition made known the whole process for recovery of the frescos and tondi of Segorbe cathedral carried out by the Light of Images Foundation on the occasion of the exhibition of religious art which will be opened in Segorbe in September 2001.

This restoration work was endowed with an investment of 22 million pesetas and was the first showing of a set of works that the Light of Images Foundation is recovering for the exhibition in Segorbe.


 
© The Light of Images, Segorbe 2001