CENTRE FOR

RESTORATION OF
WORKS OF ART (CRA)

WHO ARE WE?

An expert SME working in

the sphere of preservation
of monuments of culture

Permanent team of more

than 10 restoration
specialists

Partners

More than 20 sites restored

in the last 5 years

SUBJECT OF ACTIVITY

Research of cult and other

type of historic buildings

Preparation of restoration
programmes and
technologies

Restoration of cultural
monuments, including rescue
and thorough conservation

with a special focus on:

EASEL PAINTING

Church of the
Assumption of the Holy
Virgin, (17th century),
Arbanassi

with a special focus on:

ANTIQUE EARLYCHRISTIAN MOSAICS

Gorgona Medusa,
Roman Antique Villa
Armira (1st century),
near Ivailovgrad

Heaven ,Hagia
Sophia Church (4th
century), Sofia

with a special focus on:

WOODEN PLASTICS

Church of St. Michael the

Archangel (1834), Osikovitsa

Gold-plated
plastics, The
Assumption of
Virgin Mary
church,
Asenovgrad

with a special focus on:

MONUMENTAL
DECORATIVE PAINTING

The wheel of life,

Lekovs house-museum
(1873), Panagyurishte

 Problems in the process of

cleaning of mural paintings
Different types of pollution
dust, salts, soot

Church of the
Assumption
of the Holy
Virgin, (17th
century),
Arbanassi

Church of
St.
Paraskeva
(1930),
Pleven

Problems in the process of

cleaning of mural paintings
Different types of
pollution dust, salts,
soot
Secondary paintings
(distemper, oil) and nonauthentic coatings
(whitewash, oil-paints)

Church of St. George (1812),

Golyamo Belovo

 Problems in the process of

cleaning of mural paintings
Different types of
pollution dust, salts,
soot
Secondary paintings
(distemper, oil) and
non-authentic coatings
(whitewash, oil-paints)

Church of the
Assumption of the
Holy Virgin, (17th
century),
Arbanassi

Problems in the process

of cleaning of mural
paintings
Different types of
pollution dust, salts,
soot
Secondary paintings
(distemper, oil) and
non-authentic coatings
(whitewash, oilpaints)

Church of St.
Michael the
Archangel (1834),
Osikovitsa

 Problems in the process of

cleaning of mural paintings
Different types of pollution
dust, salts, soot
Secondary paintings
(distemper, oil) and nonauthentic coatings
(whitewash, oil-paints)
Combination of dirt and
various sorts of destruction
within the same layer

Church of the
Assumption of
the Holy
Virgin, (17th
century),

ROLE IN THE PROJECT

Prepare experimental
substrates of wall painting
fragments

Test the new cleaning

methods

Test the self-diagnostic

protection coating

Dissemination activities

THANK YOU!

Center for Restoration of

Works of Art Ltd.
14 Dondukov Blvd., 1000
Sofia
Website: www.crhc-sofia.com