More than 300 square meters of mosaics—371, to be exact—created in the early 17th century based on cartoons by Cristofano Roncalli, known as il Pomarancio (Pomarance, 1552 – Rome, 1626), are once again visible in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. ...
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To understand just how much a painting can change after restoration, one need only look atthe *Annunciation* by Neri di Bicci (Florence, 1418/1420–1492) in the Church of Sant’Agata in Florence. Beneath a thick layer of grime, yellowed var...
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In Possagno (Treviso), the restorationof the *Amorino*—also known as *Prince Henryk Lubomirski*—was unveiled. This is one of the most significant and fragile plaster models preserved in the collection of the Gypsotheca Antonio Canova Museum. The work...
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In Quartu Sant’Elana ( Cagliari), restoration work on the Romanesque church of San Pietro di Ponte—which has been enclosed within the perimeter walls of the municipal cemetery for about a century—has been completed: the results will be presente...
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Correggio’s *Madonna of Saint Sebastian* (Antonio Allegri; Correggio, 1489–1534) was the focus of a comprehensive conservation and research project at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, where the painting is housed. The project focused o...
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Work to secure andpreserve the historical and artistic heritage of the Camera di San Paolo in Parma—one of the city’s most precious and iconic sites, famous for its frescoes by Correggio ( Antonio Allegri; Correggio, 1489–1534)—will begin on Au...
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Porto Recanati (Macerata) is returning one of its most iconic landmarks to the community: following a major restoration and revitalization project, the Castello Svevo has officially reopened to the public, with the restoration of the walls, the rampa...
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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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