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Stupinigi, new Crivelli and Principini Rooms in the Furniture Museum

Stupinigi, new Crivelli and Principini Rooms in the Furniture Museum

The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi expands its tour with the opening of the Sale Crivelli and Principini, two new rooms dedicated to a lesser-known part of the collections of the Museum of Furniture. The intervention is part of the celebrations for...
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Florence, Passion Reliquary Cross restored: new discoveries

Florence, Passion Reliquary Cross restored: new discoveries

The Reliquary Cross of the Passion, also known as the Grand Duchess Cross, is back on public view at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence after a restoration completed in 2025. The work, made of gold and decorated with a vast array of precious ...
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Florence, Via dell'Agnolo Tabernacle restored

Florence, Via dell'Agnolo Tabernacle restored

The Tabernacle on Via dell'Agnolo, an important testimony to Florence's widespread artistic heritage, has been restored. The intervention was promoted by the Committee for the Decoration and Restoration of Tabernacles of the Friends of Florentine Mus...
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The painting that guards the myth of St. George in the heart of Genoa

The painting that guards the myth of St. George in the heart of Genoa

In the oldest part of Genoa, within the walls of Palazzo San Giorgio, a canvas survives that no other documents attest to, signed by a painter of whom almost nothing is known. It is Luchino da Milano's Saint George Slays the Dragon, dated 1444, an oi...
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Alexandria, former St. Francis Church reopens after restoration and becomes museum and cultural hub

Alexandria, former St. Francis Church reopens after restoration and becomes museum and cultural hub

Starting May 30, 2026, it will be possible to access theformer Church of St. Francis in the Alexandria convent complex through a program of free guided tours. The opening to the public concerns a building that has undergone several functional transfo...
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Vasto, an Italic necropolis discovered during work on a photovoltaic plant

Vasto, an Italic necropolis discovered during work on a photovoltaic plant

A pre-Roman funerary context has been identified in the industrial area of Punta Penna, in the northern portion of the municipality of Vasto, in the province of Chieti. This was announced by the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for ...
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A Roman funerary stele recovered by the Carabinieri TPC returns to the Italian state

A Roman funerary stele recovered by the Carabinieri TPC returns to the Italian state

Carabinieri from the Venice Cultural Heritage Protection Unit have returned to the state a portion of an early-imperial Roman funerary monument, recovered at the end of an investigation coordinated by the Venice Public Prosecutor's Office. The find, ...
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Brescia, Moretto's Faith returns to view more than 80 years after theft

Brescia, Moretto's Faith returns to view more than 80 years after theft

After more than eighty years of absence and twelve years spent in judicial custody, Moretto 's Faith (Alessandro Bonvicino; Brescia, c. 1498 - 1554) finally returns to public view. From May 2026 and until 2027 the work will be on display on the secon...
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