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Pienza municipality purchases a panel painting by Pietro Lorenzetti, who returns to the place where he was born

Pienza municipality purchases a panel painting by Pietro Lorenzetti, who returns to the place where he was born

Important purchase by the Municipality of Pienza , which manages to put together the resources to buy a panel painting by Pietro Lorenzetti (Siena, c. 1285 - 1348), a St. Luke that constitutes a fragment of the Monticchiello Polyptych: the operation,...
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Venice, Paolo Veneziano's polyptych returns to Gallerie dell'Accademia after four years of restoration

Venice, Paolo Veneziano's polyptych returns to Gallerie dell'Accademia after four years of restoration

After a long and complex restoration that lasted more than four years, funded by SAVE Venice with the support of Dr. & Mrs. Randolph H. Guthrie, the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice will return to display Paolo Veneziano's masterpiece, the Santa...
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At Castel Sant'Angelo, an exhibition recounts the connection between the popes of Rome and the saints of the Marche region

At Castel Sant'Angelo, an exhibition recounts the connection between the popes of Rome and the saints of the Marche region

In Rome, in the spaces of Castel Sant'Angelo, the exhibition Papi e Santi marchigiani a Castel Sant'Angelo is scheduled, which the public will be able to visit, included in the entrance ticket to the Castle, from October 3, 2024 until March 2, 2025, ...
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Madrid, 20 poorly considered reliefs are now believed to be rare clipei from the time of Frederick II

Madrid, 20 poorly considered reliefs are now believed to be rare clipei from the time of Frederick II

They would be from thetime of Frederick II some reliefs, twenty to be precise, preserved at the Prado Museum in Madrid and until recently thought to be modern works: according to the Spanish museum, which has conducted research on these twenty clipei...
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New findings and valuable information emerge from the restoration of Giotto's frescoes in the Bardi Chapel

New findings and valuable information emerge from the restoration of Giotto's frescoes in the Bardi Chapel

A major restoration operation on Giotto 's frescoed Stories of St. Francis in the Bardi Chapel of Santa Croce in Florence is revealing new details and restoring previously unseen legibility to the Florentine master's masterpiece. The project is led b...
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In Lunigiana, inside churches that hide traces of the struggles between Christians and pagans

In Lunigiana, inside churches that hide traces of the struggles between Christians and pagans

Bare, severe, devoid of any ornamentation. The small church of San Giorgio that stands in the lower part of the charming Filattiera, in Lunigiana, is a large pile of squared ashlars, a heap of stones that shortly after the year 1000 were stacked on t...
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The crosses of the Museo di San Matteo in Pisa: the world's largest collection of painted crosses

The crosses of the Museo di San Matteo in Pisa: the world's largest collection of painted crosses

Outside the classic Pisa sightseeing tour that features Piazza dei Miracoli with its Leaning Tower, the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo, located on the Lungarno, in Piazza San Matteo in Soarta, in the spaces of theformer Benedictine Monastery of San Ma...
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When Giotto and Cimabue were in Pisa. The church of San Francesco

When Giotto and Cimabue were in Pisa. The church of San Francesco

In 2015 ago the church of St. Francis in Pisa, the second largest in the Tuscan city after the monumental cathedral, was closed due to a partial roof collapse that compromised the safety of the holy place. Then, in the last months of 2023, the Superi...
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