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Huesca Court Gives MNAC Seven Months to Return Sijena Frescoes

MNAC has ten days to submit detailed risk assessments alongside an alternative timeline after the court recognized the transfer’s complexity.

Los murales de Sijena, en su estado actual en el MNAC
La consejera de Cultura del Gobierno aragonés, este viernes comparece ante la prensa

Overview

  • The court ordered MNAC to return 12th-century fresco fragments from rooms 16 and 17 to the Monastery of Villanueva de Sijena within seven months.
  • The execution order defers the imposition of daily fines while reserving the right to apply penalties if deadlines are not met.
  • A judicial decree grants Aragon-appointed experts access to MNAC exhibition halls, archival documentation and environmental data to inform the transfer.
  • MNAC will deliver a “batería de informes” detailing known conservation risks to the frescoes in its response due within the ten-day window.
  • Aragon technicians are scheduled to begin on-site photogrammetry and condition assessments at MNAC on July 28 in preparation for the transfer.