CIPA 2005 XX International Symposium. 26 September - 01 October. 2005. Torino. Italy 
Dismantling of the walls of the church 
The first step of this complex process was the strengthening of 
the existing painting coat with fish gelatin and thin Japanese 
paper. 
Nave (vault) - strenghtening 
with fish gelatin and thin Japanese paper 
Iconostasis Ensemble - strenghtening 
with fish gelatin and thin Japanese paper 
The second step was the detachment of the hemp canvas that 
covered the interstitial spaces between the beams and its 
strenghtening with paper, in order to protect better the original 
painting coat and to prepare the individual packing of each 
element. 
The next step was to mark each element and to include them in 
a rough plan of the monument. In the whole period of the 
disassembling of the monument measures of conservation and 
protection of the church and its constitutive elements were 
taken. Each element was packed so that the interstitial hemp 
canvas, strenghtened with fish gelatin and thin Japanese paper, 
that was put in the superior part of the box, would suffer no 
physical shock. All these operations were recorded with a video 
camera and lots of photos were taken with the monument as an 
ensemble and architectural details. The spaces where all these 
components were deposited were very well conceived, taking 
into consideration all the measures necessary for the 
maintaining of the conservation status of the painting coat. All 
the operations, from the dismantling of the church to the arrival 
of the transport at the new location were recorded with video 
camera and photos were taken, and were made under the 
supervision of the architect, the chief of the building site and the 
painting’ restorer. 
During the transport from Dretea to Sibiu, wooden poles were 
used as distance pieces between the wooden boxes, in order to 
lessen the mechanical shocks on the road. 
Rebuilding of the church after the transport 
Exemple of packing and fixing 
of the panels for transport 
When the transport arrived in Sibiu, at Astra Complex, the 
above mentioned specialists supervised the moving of the 
components of the church in a temporary deposit. 
The specialists from The Astra Museum made investigations 
regarding the structure of the soil where the church was going to 
be erected. 
When the investigation was finished and the right place was 
found, they started the erection of the church. The first step was 
the removal of the thin Japanese paper from the painting coat 
and then all the elements of the church were reassembled in the 
reverse order than that used when the church was dismantled.