Restoration of the cultural heritage

In parallel to this repair of the foundations and restoration of the floor of the Cathedral, work was carried out on the lower crypt of the Chapel of Santo Cristo as a funeral pantheon for the bishops of the Diocese of Vitoria, creating an entrance via a stairway to the access gallery, which already existed but was unknown until the time of the archaeological excavation carried out between 2002-2004, and to the semi-subterranean space itself under the chapel, previously used as a funeral area, perhaps by the founders of the Chapel. A bronze funeral chamber has been installed in this space capable of holding up to nine sarcophagi with the remains of deceased bishops of Vitoria (6) and of those to come.