Portuguese Monuments\Curiosities - The Church of Santa Clara

Not all in Portugal is fun and games... we have bad things too, like any other country, sometimes even worse... and others things that have no explanation at all... but that will be a issue for a special post in a future time. A few weeks ago the world as completely in shock with the "work of art" that the 80-year old Cecilia Giménez made on her local church... she tried to "recovered" a painting of Jesus Christ dating from the nineteenth century, the famous "Ecce Homo" in what was considered the "worst restoration of sacred art of all time." Destroying, who knows for ever, a special piece of art! Today was surprising to see that Cecilia is not alone in her restoration saga, and maybe call her "thing" the worse restoration can be some what subjective... in the Portuguese newspaper "Expresso" they show a far worse (in my humble opinion) restoration is not just a small painting in the wall, is an entire mural!!! Representing six episodes from the life of St. Clare of Louredo, completely destroyed!
In the mid 80s, Father António Moreira decided to improve the look of the church interior. "I called an old man who said he was a painter and he was here at the Retirement Home," says the priest now, him already close to 80 years old. "I commissioned him to retouch the walls. Wanted to improve that, and I did. I don't understand nothing about heritage," explains the priest.
Is the Church of Santa Clara, in Boavista district of Beja, Portugal...
See the image bellow the before and after...
 
 

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