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Parliament Buildings – Ottawa, Canada

Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime mortars are being used for the restoration of Canada’s historic Parliament Buildings. This is one of Canada’s largest restoration projects. Construction first started in 1860, and now consists of several buildings. The restoration project first started in 2002 and is now focused on the three core historic buildings, the West Block, Centre Block, and East Block. Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime mortar can guarantee that the building will continue to live a healthy life and allow the masonry to behave as it should.

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{Source: By Saffron Blaze (Own work) (CC-BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons}

 

Parliament of Brittany – Rennes, France

This masterpiece of XVII century French architecture was nearly destroyed by fire in 1994. Its complete restoration and reconstruction lasted three years, using Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime in all phases of masonry, plaster and render.

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{Photo by Eusebius (Guillaume Piolle). Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.}

 

Pont du Gard – Provence, France

Pont du Gard (Bridge over the Gard River) is a monumental bridge-aqueduct built by the Romans during the first century and is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. It was part of a 30-mile long aqueduct with a remarkable constant slope of 15 inches per mile. The bridge was built without mortar and with local stones, some weighing 6 tons, except for the aqueduct area at the top, where smaller stones and mortar were used. Extensive restoration work took place recently using Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Limes for the aqueduct and other various stones.

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{Photo Credit – Creative Commons}

 

St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a well-known New York City landmark that is undergoing a large restoration effort. The Cathedral was completed in 1878. Restoration work includes cleaning and repointing all exterior stonework and repairing the stained glass windows. Limeworks.us is supplying all of the lime mortar using their Ecologic Mortar (SCG) F, which is made from Saint Astier® natural hydraulic lime and sand.

All images are courtesy Limeworks.us.

Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Built by Napoleon the First to commemorate his victories, this monument was completed by King Louis-Philippe. This French landmark went through extensive restoration and maintenance using Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Limes.

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About TransMineral

TransMineral, USA was established in 1997 by Michel Couvreux, an architect in France and the U.S. His familiarity with traditional “old world” building techniques and materials have been instrumental in their revitalization in the U.S. along with his stewardship of implanting Saint Astier® Natural Hydraulic Lime in the North American building sector.

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