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Marche, a 17th-century copy of Federico Barocci reborn with Art Bonus

Intimate and solemn, a 17th-century Nativity , a copy of the painting by Federico Barocci (Urbino, 1533 - 1612) kept at the Prado Museum in Madrid, which has been legible again for two years thanks to restoration, carried out in 2023, through the Art...
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Arena di Verona: restoration work with Art Bonus worth 14 million euros

Enhancement work on theRoman amphitheater Arena di Verona began in 2024 as part of the national Art Bonus program dedicated to the protection of cultural heritage. The operation, with a total value of 14 million euros, was entirely financed through l...
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Napoleon's portrait in Egypt: the Battle of the Pyramids and the challenge that changed history

At the gates of Cairo, on July 21, 1798, the French army led by Napoleon Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1769 - St. Helena, 1821) came into conflict with the Mamluk troops in what would go down in history as the Battle of the Pyramids, an episode that from the b...
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Summer 2025, empty beaches: beach tourism slows due to high prices and new habits

Summer 2025, expected as the season of revival for beach tourism, is proving to be more complex than expected. Data collected in mid-August(you can read Andrea Laratta's article here) tell of less crowded beaches, declines in bookings and a growing c...
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Here's why Frank Miller's 300 is a good comic book

When in 1998 Frank Miller (Olney, 1957), an American cartoonist and screenwriter, published 300, published by Dark Horse Comics, the American comics landscape was undergoing a phase of transformation: the superhero language was seeking new avenues, a...
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"Businesses must also create value by saving culture": the vision of AgriEuro, an agricultural machinery company

AgriEuro is an agricultural machinery company in Spoleto that was born from the vision of Manlio Settimi, an entrepreneur who opened a farm and garden machinery store in the Umbrian city in the 1970s, soon to be recognized as a point of reference for...
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Austria, 10 contemporary architectures to see in and around Innsbruck

The Innsbruck region of Austria embodies a striking balance between the dynamic energy of urban life and the alpine environment that envelops the city. The region extends far beyond the Tyrolean capital, including more than 40 surrounding localities,...
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The Pisan Chart, the first nautical chart of the Mediterranean: a masterpiece of ancient cartography

In the panorama of medieval cartography, the birth of the firstportulan chart of the Mediterranean marked a momentous turning point in the way geographic space was conceived and represented, and between the 13th and 14th centuries, a new tool made i...
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