Restorations - Finestre sull'Arte

After five years of restoration, the Apollo of the Belvedere returns to the Vatican Museums

After a five-year wait, the general public can finally admire once again theApollo del Belvedere, one of the Vatican Museums' most celebrated sculptures, returned to all art lovers around the world after a long and complex restoration. The interventi...
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Rome, Trevi Fountain maintenance begins. There will also be a walkway to see it up close

In Rome , worksite operations began the day before yesterday to launch a major extraordinary maintenance operation at the Trevi Fountain, overseen by the Capitoline Superintendency and promoted by theCultural Department of Roma Capitale. The interven...
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Work site at St. Catherine's Cathedral opens in Tolentino. Damage from the 2016 earthquake will be repaired

Work site at the cathedral of San Catervo in Tolentino (Macerata) has begun. The interventions will consist of repairing structural damage produced by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake and securing the decorative apparatus. Designed by architect Ales...
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Turin, finishes the first batch of restoration of the facade of Palazzo Madama

After more than two years of intensive work, the restoration and structural consolidation of thecentral forepart of the Juvarrian facade of Palazzo Madama, located in the heart of Turin's Piazza Castello, has been completed. Thanks to the synergy bet...
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Florence, results of analysis on Bartolini's plaster casts presented

The technical-scientific study of plaster models by Lorenzo Bartolini (Savignano, 1777 - Florence, 1850) kept in the Gipsoteca of the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, a pilot project carried out by the Florentine museum together with Sabap and Su...
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Siena, finishes restoration of Fonte Gaia, the city's iconic fountain

A restoration project that lasted more than 1,000 hours, from October 2023 to February 2024, with twenty weeks of continuous work by the team led by expert restorer Stefano Landi, using state-of-the-art laser technology, advanced methods and the exce...
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Under restoration the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici. Guided tours of the construction site kick off

From Dec. 16, until the work is completed, it will be possible to visit the site of the restoration work on the equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici, a bronze work by Giambologna, commissioned by Ferdinando I de' Medici. Under the guidance of th...
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