The façade of the Dolors church, an outdated renovation before it has even begun

At the end of the 19th century the reference movement was modernism, while in Manacor the construction of a neo-Gothic clone 200 years out of date was promoted.

It is not the impulse, which was exceptional, but the concept that is in dispute. A new temple was built with a main portal that no longer fit on the site, with no physical free space, without fitting in the centre, on top of another temple.

The construction of the termination of the two towers, as proposed, will be a cloned addition to a building that was already born cloned, and will further aggravate its perception: Plaça del Palau has no dimension to enjoy the façade and is literally cut off by a “preferential” road and with an olive tree in front of the portal.

As always, a building is the building and its place, and the action should be reconsidered as a whole. And what does the Venice Charter (a world reference document) say for this type of action? And this, that intervention on a monument involves the whole and its surroundings on its scale… that the monument is inseparable from the history that created it and the environment where it is located, that restoration aims to conserve and reveal the aesthetic and historical values and is based on respect for the ancient and authentic elements. Without forgetting that, when we have to start inventing, we must do so from the point of view of our time.

Therefore, a monument that is to be complemented a century later cannot follow the old guidelines, but must follow today’s guidelines and set the standards of the present time.

What concepts could be applied today?…