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OPALife

2022-01-11

The Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore has donated a 1: 1 scale photographic reproduction of the Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti (1425-52) on the occasion of the exhibition "I Am Dostoevsky"

OPALife

2021-11-11

Dostoevskij and his came true dream of the Florentine Gates of Paradise

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth, the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore donates an image of the Gates ...

OPALife

2021-11-08

The bells of Giotto's bell tower will not ring from 8 to 26 November 2021 to allow the rotation of the Major Bell called “Campanone”

Campanile di Giotto campane Bell tower

The Bell Tower will close to the public on 8, 9, 25 and 26 November

OPALife

2021-10-27

"Sonus" is born, the first series on musical iconography present in Italian museums:

musica sacra

an innovative project conceived and curated by Professor Barbara Aniello of the Pontifical Gregorian University

OPALife

2021-10-21

The restoration of Michelangelo's Pietà

Michelangelo Buonarroti Pietà di Michelangelo restauro Museo dell'Opera del Duomo rinascimento

A technical note by the restorer Paola Rosa

OPALife

2021-10-06

A Hellenistic Marble for Michelangelo's Dead Christ

Michelangelo Buonarroti Pietà di Michelangelo restauro

At the end of 2018, the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore decided to undertake the restoration of Mi-chelangelo's Pietà. This ...

OPALife

2021-09-30

Michelangelo’s Florence Pietà

Pietà Bandini Michelangelo Buonarroti Pietà di Michelangelo restauro Timothy Verdon

Historic Note - Mons. Timothy Verdon, Director of Opera del Duomo Museum

OPALife

2021-09-24

Michelangelo's Pietà restored

Michelangelo Buonarroti Pietà Bandini museofirenze restauro

The intervention restores the beauty of one of Michelangelo's most intense and tormented masterpieces to the world now freed ...