A court in Huesca (a city in northeastern Spain's Aragon region) has ordered the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona's national art museum, to return medieval wall paintings from the Monastery of Sijena within 56 weeks, with the deadline beginning this Monday. The Aragonese government called the ruling a major step toward the irreversible enforcement of a longstanding repatriation judgment, and has specified that all costs must be borne by the MNAC. The museum, which has five days to appeal, had already begun preparatory work on returning one set of the murals — known as the 'profane paintings' — with an €81,000 contract tendered in March for their dismantling, packing, and transport.