Abstract:

The Sant Vicenç church is located in the ancient town of Tossa de Mar (Gerona).It is a gothic building (XVI century). In their construction were used tow types of walls. A first type was formed with local stones of irregular forms and dimensions, cemented with a great quantity of lime mortar. The other type is formed by squared stones. The actual conservation state has relation with the orientation of the wall and their decay was accentuated for a supported dismantlement in the XIX century. The employment of granitic stones has contributed to the good conservation of the building. The sculptural and architectonic elements elaborated with sandstone show a worse conservation state. The content in soluble sales is relatively low. The intervention must be limited to the constructive and ornamenl elements that needed a restoration. It is not essentially to remove the altered material.