Signinum returned to Tomar for a new conservation and restoration project, this time at the Pórtico da Igreja de Santa Maria dos Olivais.

The intervention has already begun and aims to slow down the degradation of the Portico area.

So, Signinum will proceed with an essentially conservation intervention, by cleaning and removing dirt and biological activity, consolidating the stone support, fixing elements at risk of detachment and some already detached, filling volumetric gaps that interfere with the stability of the ensemble, treating joints, treating metal elements and final protection.

For those who are curious, a historical note:

The current Church of Santa Maria dos Olivais began to be built in the middle of the 13th century, becoming an emblematic work of Portuguese Gothic architecture. Its model was replicated in several churches from the north to the south of Portugal.

It was built on the same site where D. Gualdim Pais, master of the Order of the Temple, built a primitive temple in the 12th century to serve as the pantheon of the Order's masters. The tombstone of Gualdim Pais, dating from 1195, remains from this period, inserted in one of the interior walls.

It was given the honour of cathedral and diocese by two bulls, one from Pope Nicholas V (1454) and the other from Pope Callistus III (13th of March, 1455).

Over the years it has undergone various interventions, ending up with the appearance we see today.