The restoration of the Castle of Sant Genís de Rocafort in Martorell, one of the fortresses built nine centuries ago to defend against Saracen raids in the Valley of Anoia, finished a few weeks ago.
These remains have survived today as a powerful stone volume without any other use than remaining as a silent witness to a distant past.
A monument that has received a very complex and elaborated intervention but with a deliberately discreet result.
The walls have been repaired and an access has been provided: An operation that has not tried to go beyond hygiene and which it is a step before the makeup. A sober operation, without additives or adornments.
Providing access means turning some unknown remains into a public space and that it is an important fact that involves consequences: Ensuring security without betraying the monastic character of the site involves introducing railings, fences, protections, strengthen and stabilize arches and walls without it being evident or significant.
All of this following a difficult ambition: to be fundamental without being protagonist.
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