Ukraine, Italian experts involved in restoration of Odessa's Cathedral of the Transfiguration

On the night of July 23, a Russian missile attack on Odessa severely damaged the great Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration, one of the landmark buildings in the cultural and religious history of Odessa and Ukraine, among the country’s largest houses of worship, as well as a symbol of rebirth after the fall of the Soviet Union. Founded in 1794, it was demolished by the Soviets in 1936 and then rebuilt in 2005 in identical form to the original.

A note from Palazzo Chigi let it be known that, also in memory of a long and very rich history of exchanges between Odessa and Italian culture, which brought Italian architects to design the city’s most representative plan and buildings in the late 18th century, the Italian government involved the Milan Triennale and Rome’s Maxxi to gather the best economic, technical and cultural energies that could contribute to the restoration of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration.

And that the Italian schools of restoration, understood as university departments, professional institutes, studios and laboratories, make themselves available for a project to restore and enhance the walls and frescoes affected by the Russian bombs, in order to revive the stricken city.

Photo of the Cathedral: Konstantin Brizhnichenko. Photo of the damage: Ministry of Culture of Ukraine

Ukraine, Italian experts involved in restoration of Odessa's Cathedral of the Transfiguration

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