Author: Restauro Staff Piacenti S.p.A.

Restoration was undertaken to rescue the exterior elevations and the spacious interiors. In addition to material and mapping of dilapidation, an extensive campaign of stratigraphic investigation and preliminary tests for the definition of operational procedures was carried out. Particular attention to cleaning and consolidation techniques was taken. With regard to the patina and texture of components, the …

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Constructed along the Via Francigena, opposite the cathedral of Santa Maria della Scala, this was one of the first European examples of a hospital as we understand the word “hospital” today. It had its own autonomous organization and was run to accommodate pilgrims, assist the poor and take in abandoned children. The management of this important …

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The Compagnia della Madonna was already operating in Siena in the thirteenth century in a chapel in the basement of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, opposite the Duomo. This lay brotherhood is perhaps the oldest and most illustrious in the city. This Society as also called “the flayers” because they flayed themselves to induce physical …

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The Italian Embassy in Moscow is located in Denezhnij Pereulok, near Arbat Street in one of the historic districts of Moscow. Known as the Palace or Villa Berg, the imposing structure of the Italian Embassy stands out from the surrounding buildings which are mostly in local architectural style. In itself it is a synthesis of different styles …

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In 1710 the future wife of Emperor Peter the Great, Cathrine Alekseyevna was shown the site where the magnificent building that still bears her name now stands. From 1718 onwards the construction of a palace, expanded, enriched and beautified by her will and that of the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna continued throughout the ‘700 . Great …

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Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati was built where ancient houses of the Bischeri family once stood. (This family had also owned houses next to the Duomo and when, in thirteenth century, the cathedral authorities required demolition of houses to augment space round the Duomo, the Bischeri donated their property to the Opera del Duomo while everyone else …

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Villa Versace, Villa Fontanelle was built in the early part of 1800s by the English Lord William Curie. He acquired a former stone quarry “moltrasina” and began a building project that, besides the Villa, included the construction of quaint outbuildings and a romantic park. An image of the complex as it was originally, with a little …

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