La fachada de la iglesia del Colegio Santo Domingo de Orihuela: materiales pétreos y su alteración

Abstract

The building stones used in the facade of the Colegio Santo Domingo de Orihuela Church are Javalina Stone, and oolitic limestones. The Javalina stone is a triasic calciticdolimitic marbre of low grade, it si of the best quality as building stone. Oolitic limestones display alveolar erosion and grain loss mainly in the lower part of the facade, both patologies may be interpreted as wet-dry cycles as a consequence of water level variations in the building doundation. In the upper part of the facade has been identified locally some organisms decay mainly in conection with lichen activity.