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Emilio Pucci
Monumental Pucci – an artistic installation designed to tie in with Firenze Hometown of Fashion during the Pitti Immagine Uomo-86 event, focusing on the Baptistry of San Giovanni. From 17 to 20 June 2014. Eight printed cloth sheets covered 2,000 square metres to clad the building in the Florence fashion house's iconic design. The idea was inspired by the Baptistry scarf designed in 1957 by Marchese Emilio Pucci, dipicting a bird's eye view of Piazza San Giovanni in the colours of the Mediterranean landscape – lemon yellow, orange, fuchsia and the emblematic Emilio pink.
Officine Panerai
Duomo Clock Mechanism – a project to restore the mechanism driving the clock above the main door on the inner façade of the Duomo, known as "Paolo Uccello's Clock" after the great Renaissance artist who decorated the clock face in 1443. The restoration was entrusted by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, in conjunction with Officine Panerai, to two leading experts in the field, Professors Andrea Palmieri and Ugo Pancani from the Centro Studi per il Restauro di Orologi at the I.S.I.S. Leonardo da Vinci in Florence. May 2014.
L’intervento di restauro è stato affidato dall’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, in accordo con Officine Panerai, a due dei massimi esperti del settore, i professori Andrea Palmieri e Ugo Pancani, del Centro Studi per il Restauro di Orologi dell’I.S.I.S. Leonardo da Vinci di Firenze. Maggio 2014.
Guild of the Dome
Northern Door of the Baptistry of San Giovanni – funding for the restoration of the Baptistry Door begun in 2012. The original is to be put on display in the new Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
Omas
Tribute to Michelangelo – a project linked to the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo's death. A limited edition inspired by the poetry of Michelangelo's sculpture embodied in "Rima 151", where the skill of an artist is defined as the ability to draw the hidden form lurking in inert matter.
Unicoop Firenze
Embrace the Baptistery - A donation of money or points to support the restoration of a place symbol of Florence in the world. A major fundraising operation and knowledge of this architectural gem that has the center popular participation.
Intesa SanPaolo
L'Assunzione di Maria - Contribution to the restoration of the stained glass window of the Cathedral central rose, commissioned by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore and created by the historic Florentine workshop Studio Suckers Guido & C., as part of the refunds. From June 4 to 8 September 2015, the masterpiece will be exhibited in the Baptistery of Florence, where for the first time, will be able to see it up close before being reassembled on the facade of the Duomo.
EXPO MILANO 2015
Tuscan Pavilion - Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore official partner of EXPO 2015