The countdown has begun for the parish church of San Vicente Ferrer, in the neighborhood of sugar canehave a new door which allows an easier exit for the brotherhood of the Presentation to the People. The first step was the declaration of the temple as a unique building.
The Board of Directors of Municipal Management of Urban planning The City Hall of Cordoba unanimously approved this Wednesday to grant this consideration to the temple, consecrated in 1956, and which is “basic axis of the Cañero district and constitutes a point of reference both for the architectural and urban configuration of the district and for the idiosyncrasy of its inhabitants.
In the file processed by the Municipal Directorate of Urban Planning, it is recalled that the temple was not designed for processional useand the proposal “responds to the new needs of the brotherhood, and guarantees the continuity of use and life of the parish and the neighborhood”. The current exit, through the main gate, is very difficult due to its small size for a step.
With the West Gate, something new is not built, but rather adapted. The brotherhood will enlarge the entrance door on the west facade, consisting of a lintel opening topped with a heel molding. Your picturebut the size of the hole proportionally.
This will be done by widening the jambs, raising the lintel and lowering the starter. This will also reduce the number of measures located outside and with a ramp in the interior side opening. The steps will be reduced from six to two, which will make them more accessible.
The temple will have two other entrances, the main and the east, which will not be modified. The project, assures the Management of Urban planning“does not in any way distort the image of the parish”. The opening will have a width of 2.64 meters and a height of 3.96.
Special solutions
The Church’s declaration Saint Vincent Ferrier because a singular building allows this type of buildings, “which, due to their specific characteristics of singularity and use, require architectural solutions “special” to whom the general provisions should not apply, may be exempted from meeting these requirements.
After submitting all documents and obtaining approval from the Board of Directors, the building permit remains and work can begin. When could this be? The older brother, Ángel Cervera, explained that there were now two possibilities.
“This should take place when it least interferes with religious services, so it would be either in January or in the summer,” he insisted. In other words, only if it is done at the beginning of the year, the passage of the Lord from Distressed He would participate for what must be his first appearance in the official race. Otherwise, you will have to wait.
