Midland Daily News – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME (AP) — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, …

Pantagraph – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME (AP) — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, …

Portal Politico – Recuperan mosaicos de la Basílica de la Natividad de Belén

Un trabajo de restauración lento y meticuloso ha permitido sacar a la luz los tesoros perdidos de la Basílica de la Natividad de la ciudad palestina de Belén, donde según la tradición cristiana nació Jesús de Nazareth. Las obras fueron adjudicadas en un concurso internacional a la empresa italiana Piacenti Spa, cuyo titular, Giammarco Piacenti, …

Portland Press Herald – Restorers uncover Crusades-era mosaic angel at Church of the Nativity

ROME — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites – the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem – says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, won …

Richmond Times-Dispatch – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME (AP) — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, …

The Roanoke Times – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME (AP) — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, …

RocketNews – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME (AP) — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, …

Rrobserver – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

In this Feb. 4, 2016 photo, a restoration expert works on mosaic inside the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which …

The Sacramento Bee – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, won the …

San Francisco Chronicle – Italian firm restoring Nativity Church: Like touching heaven

ROME (AP) — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem — says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, …