The project follows the guidelines established in the 1998 Prior Study for the Restoration of the Walls of Vic (14th century), which envisaged the recovery and reproduction of the disappeared towers and the recovery of the underground sections and the passage over the wall as a public space.
The work is being carried out on a 50-metre stretch of wall between the towers of the Bishop's Palace and the Cathedral, with visual connection and access to the cloister, bordering the Rambla del Obispado and the river Mèder.
Initially it was a plastered wall 3.60m high and 1.6m wide, where in 1971 a hole was made to place the grille of the presbytery of the old Cathedral, which allowed a view from outside the cloister.
The few studies carried out suggested that the wall, in this section, bordered directly on the river. The section visible today would correspond to an enclosure wall built on top of the wall at the end of the 18th century. The initial archaeological surveys confirm this, as the original wall, sitting on the rock, was found to be in perfect condition.
The possibilities at the time did not allow for the elimination of the Rambla as suggested by the Estudi Previ and for this reason a 1.6m wide moat was dug to allow for a view of the original height of the walls. The glass railing provides the necessary protection and does not obstruct the view of the wall.
To maintain the view and restrict access to the cloister, the opening is kept in place, replacing the grille with a sliding iron and glass door. Access requires the construction of a walkway to span the gap in the moat, located at the point where the excavations have exposed the remains of different superimposed doorways from different periods.
The wall is finished with limestone in a contemporary shape and layout, marking an oblique cut in the wall, making it more evident that it is a fragment and allowing this latest phase of intervention to be distinguished, maintaining the stone unity of the whole.
