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OperaLife

2025-01-30

Animali fantastici nel Battistero di Firenze

restauro pavimento Battistero di San Giovanni mosaici

È stata restaurata la "Madre Terra", una sezione del magnifico pavimento marmoreo del Battistero di Firenze, dove sono ...

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Restauri

2024-08-26

The restoration of the facade of the Opera del Duomo Museum

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo restoration facade Florence museum

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Restoration Works

2024-01-30

The restoration of the internal walls of two rooms of Giotto's Bell Tower

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an act of conservation and valorization of a unique space

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Oddities

2024-01-12

The Dome of Brunelleschi and the curse of lightning: a story lasting four centuries

Andrea del Verrocchio restoration reliquary Piazza del Duomo Brunelleschi's dome lightining

Attracted by the Golden Ball of Verrocchio, dozens of electrical jolts rained down on the Cathedral. Many of these events ...

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OPALife

2023-07-14

The placement on the facade of three marble copies that will replace the heavily degraded originals

sculpture hand crafted workshop Renaissance restoration

The original sculptures were removed from the facade in October 2017 due to severe deterioration. At the end of their restoration, ...

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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

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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 ...

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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