Metal Tubes in Millenary Art: the Dilemma of the Gargoyles of the Obradoiro

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The rehabilitation works in the Hostal dos Reis Católicos, one of the emblematic buildings that preside over the Praza do Obradoiro in the Galician capital, are awakening sensitivities. The intervention in the gargoyles that decorate the heights of the historic building has incorporated in them a distinguishable metal tubes so that the evacuation of water lands in the street and not in the balcony, avoiding moisture and other damages. The proble…