Medieval art - Finestre sull'Arte

What Rome was like in 1350: at Mercati di Traiano the exhibition on the medieval city

To close the Jubilee 2025, in Rome the Mercati di Traiano - Museo dei Fori Imperiali will host from October 9, 2025 to February 1, 2026 the exhibition 1350. The Jubilee without a Pope, an exhibition that invites visitors to rediscover the Rome of the...
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Naples, restoration of San Ludovico, a masterpiece by Simone Martini, begins at Capodimonte

The restoration of the great altarpiece of Saint Louis of Toulouse, a masterpiece by Simone Martini (Siena, 1284 - Avignon, 1344), as well as one of the most important works of the 14th century, linked to the city's Angevin period, has begun at the C...
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Tivoli, a mosaic and two medieval burials discovered during fiber optic work

In the historic center of Tivoli (Rome), near the church of Sant'Andrea, a significant archaeological discovery has emerged during excavation work for the laying of fiber optic cables and manholes. The work, carried out on behalf of FiberCop, manager...
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The Devil's Bridge over the Serchio River: history and legend of a medieval engineering masterpiece

There is no guidebook of the Garfagnana and the Middle Serchio Valley that avoids mentioning one of its most recognized symbols, the Ponte della Maddalena, known to all as the Devil's Bridge, which has always intrigued travelers passing through this ...
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The Paduan Historiated Bible, an illuminated masterpiece from the 14th century, returns to Padua

From October 17, 2025, to April 19, 2026, Padua will host a cultural event of exceptional significance: the exhibition La Bibbia Istoriata Padovana. The City and its Frescoes, staged in the Salone dei Vescovi of the Diocesan Museum. The initiative, p...
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Palermo, Carabinieri hand over valuable gold fund confiscated after illicit exportation

Last Aug. 6, at 6:30 p.m., at the headquarters of the Regional Museum "Abatellis" in Palermo, a Trinity on panel, attributed to Gherardo Starnina (Florence, 1354 - 1413), was formally handed over to the Regional Councillor for Cultural Heritage and S...
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Mont Saint-Michel manuscript that disappeared during the French Revolution resurfaces after two centuries

A medieval manuscript from the prestigious monastic library of Mont Saint-Michel, one of the most important of its time in France, was recently rediscovered after more than two hundred years of absence. The return to the French national collections r...
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Florence, at the Horne Museum the Siviero Cross restored and reassembled after 100 years

A splendid recovered work was unveiled yesterday at the Horne Museum in Florence: it is the Siviero Cross, a panel painting by the Bolognese Lippo di Dalmasio degli Scannabecchi (Bologna, c. 1355 - 1410) named after Rodolfo Siviero (Guardistallo, 191...
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