260 earthquake-damaged works saved by earthquake angels and Fondazione CR Firenze

Two hundred and sixty works of art damaged by the earthquake that struck central Italy in 2016 and saved thanks to the work of the “earthquake angels,” ten young restorers who graduated from the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, with a contribution of 130,000 euros financed by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze: this is the result of the year-long operation that employed the ten young professionals at the Santo Chiodo depot in Spoleto, where most of the works damaged by the earthquake are housed.

The interventions that enabled the recovery considerably supported the work of the Superintendence of Umbria, which set up the earthquake-proof Santo Chiodo depository on a five-thousand-square-meter area, in a place equipped with the most modern technologies for the recovery and preservation of works recovered from the rubble. The model of public-private collaboration aimed, explains a note from the Foundation, “to network Florentine institutions of excellence with wide-ranging initiatives, enhancing the skills born and developed in the capital and exporting them, if necessary, beyond the borders of the territory.”

Pictured: the Santo Chiodo depot in Spoleto

260 earthquake-damaged works saved by earthquake angels and Fondazione CR Firenze

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