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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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Notre-Dame: Restoration of the Western Rose Window and the North Facade Begins

The public agency Rebâtir Notre-Dame de Paris has announcedthe launch of two new restoration projects for the Paris cathedral. The work will focus on the large rose window on the western facade, facing the churchyard, and the entire northern fa...
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Como: Restoration of the Giardino della Velarca is complete, and it is now open to the public

The Giardino della Velarca in Ossuccio, on Lake Como, opens to the public, marking the completion of the restoration of the houseboat designed by the BBPR firm (Banfi, Belgiojoso, Peressutti, Rogers) in 1959 and restored by the FAI – Fondo per ...
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Herculaneum Reopens the Calcidico, the Augusteum’s Monumental Porticoed Vestibule, After Twenty Years

Herculaneum is once again opening one of the most significant sites of the ancient Roman city to visitors. Following a major restoration, consolidation, and enhancement project, the Calcidico is once again open to the public, offering a new opportuni...
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Restoration Open to the Public at MAXXI: Remo Salvadori’s “Stanza dei Verticali” in the Spotlight

The IN RESTAURO project continues at MAXXI in Rome, an initiative that brings to light the work normally carried out in conservation laboratories, transforming it into an experience open to the public. Through temporary worksites set up within the mu...
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