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Judge Bars Generalitat, Rejects State Expert Report in Sijena Murals Return Dispute

A Huesca judge is now setting the timetable and method, limiting outside involvement.

Overview

  • Aragón has filed three technical reports proposing to dismantle the murals into 72 individually handled fragments and complete the transfer to Sijena in seven months.
  • The MNAC contests Aragón’s findings with its own reports, denies current humidity or contamination issues in Sala 16, and warns that cutting the works would cause irreversible losses.
  • The court refused the MNAC’s request for a pericial report by Spain’s cultural heritage institute (IPCE), keeping the execution within the existing judicial process.
  • The judge excluded the Generalitat from the execution phase after reversing an earlier acceptance of its personation, concluding it lacks standing as a party to the judgment.
  • Separately, the judge authorized the Sijena municipality to question MNAC technicians and view storerooms for possible related works, a step the museum brands unlawful in a bid for revocation.