First photograph of the new tourist image of the letters of León with the Cathedral in the background.
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ileon.com
| 04/22/2021 – 14: 29h.
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León has a new tourist scene. A stage formed by the four letters that make up its name and with the most representative symbol of the heritage of the Leonese capital: the Cathedral of León.
The León City Council has inaugurated the relocation of the letters that until now, and since the reform of the Plaza de Regla, were part of the plateau located at the junction of that square with Calle Ancha.
The new government team thus proposed to take advantage of those letters to relocate them now more towards the center of the square, so that it becomes a new frame for reinforcing photographs of the city, due to its image of the Cathedral was not enough. The mayor, José Antonio Diez, was the first to come to the place this Thursday after the work was completed to take a portrait with some citizens.
The new sign has been placed on a continuous bench four meters long, 90 centimeters wide and 40 centimeters high, lined with gray Calatorao limestone, sanded and polished, the same with which the plaza is paved.
The letters, made of bronze, have been cleaned and polished with fine-grained sandpaper and paste in the workshops of the Centro Municipal de Artes y Artes Plásticas in Puente Castro. No varnishes have been applied to allow the permeability of the material and to recover the protective oxidation patina, verdigris. Subsequently, they have been placed on the bench with the original stems sealed with a chemical plug.
The works have been carried out by the Municipal Works Brigade, under the coordination of the quarrying, forging and welding monitors of the Center for Trades and Plastic Arts.
Former location of the letters in the Plaza de Regla de León.
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Here we also show the photograph sent by the León City Council as it was sent, vertically, with the entire León Cathedral in the background.
