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“With Opera Navarra, We’re Completing the Heritage Value Chain”: An Interview with Beppe Costa and Attilio Navarra

The recent acquisition of Fratelli Navarra by Opera Laboratori and the resulting creation of Opera Navarra represent a significant development in the Italian cultural heritage sector, particularly in the field of restoration. The merger, presented ye...
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Opera Laboratori Expands into Restoration by Acquiring Fratelli Navarra: Opera Navarra Is Born

Opera Laboratori, one of Italy’s leading companies in museum production and cultural heritage management, is expanding its presence in the field of monumental restoration and the enhancement of Italy’s cultural heritage throughthe acquisition of Frat...
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Raphael’s “Banner of the Holy Trinity” Returns to Città di Castello After Restoration

The Banner of the Holy Trinity, considered Raphael’s first work entirely in his own hand, has returned to the Pinacoteca Comunale in Città di Castello, where it is once again on display in the renovated Raphael Room. The work’s return marks th...
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Restoration of the Rocchetta Mattei, the iconic monument of the Bolognese Apennines, has been completed

Restoration work on the Rocchetta Mattei, one of the most iconic monumentsof the Bolognese Apennines and a symbol of the region’s cultural and tourism revival, has been completed. The completion of the work was celebrated at the historic residence of...
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Venice: Live Restoration of Paolo Veronese’s *The Rape of Europa* at the Doge’s Palace

In Venice’s Doge’s Palace, just before the Hall of the Great Council, the Liagò workshop is home to the restoration of *The Rape of Europa*, one of Paolo Veronese’s most famous paintings. The restoration site is exceptionally open to the publi...
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Rome: Restoration of Palazzo Farnese Complete—Facades and Roofs Shine Once Again

437 years after its completion, Palazzo Farnese in Rome is writing a new chapter in its long history: the restoration project on the facades and roofs, launched in 2021by the French Embassy in Italy and the École française de Rome, in c...
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Vicenza: The mosaic in Piazza Biade will be restored as an open-site project, with support from Rigoni di Asiago

One of Vicenza’s most valuable archaeological artifacts, the mosaic in Piazza Biade—housed at the Natural History and Archaeological Museum of Santa Corona—will undergo a major restoration and enhancement project made possible by the support of Rigon...
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At the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the restoration of Rubens’s *Venus and Cupid* reveals the painting’s original colors and techniques

From June 16 to September 13, 2026, the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum is dedicating a special exhibition to Peter Paul Rubens’ *Venus and Cupid*, on view in Gallery 19 of the permanent collection. The exhibition details the complex restoration p...
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