Preservation Field Trips

 

An important part of our study in Italy, are visits to active restoration sites and to various restoration research centers and institutes.  The sites we visit each year vary according to availability of sites and people. The following is a list of the sites we have visited and some images from those visits.

 

1999

 

Rome -       Istituto Centrale per il Restauro

Perugia -   Restoration of the Casa Canonica of San Lorenzo

Assisi -      Restoration of the Church of San Francesco, vaults and frescos

 

2000

 

Rome         Istituto Centrale per il Restauro

                    Restoration of the Frescos inthe Piramid of Caius Sestius

                    Restoration of the fountain of

 

Perugia -    Restoration of Palazzo Priorio

 

Florence    Opificio della Pietra Dura Painting restoration Lab

                    Restoration of the facade of Palazzo Pitti

                    Adaptive reuse of side wing of Palazzo Pitti

 

2001

 

Rome -       Istituto Centrale per il Restauro

                    Cleaning of Michelangelo's Statue of Moses

                    Restoration of Column dedicated to The Virgin in Piazza di Spagna

 

Florence    Opificio della Pietra Dura  Stone  Restoration Lab

                    Restoration of the sculptures in the Bobboli Gardens        

 

Siena          Adaptive reuse of the old hospital complex of Santa Maria della Scala into museums

 

2002

 

Rome         Istituto Centrale per il Restauro

 

Assisi         Restoration of the Church of San Francesco, vaults and frescos

 

Florence     Restoration of the gardens at Villa di Castello

 

2003           

 

Rome         Istituto Centrale per il Restauro

                    Cleaning of the Facade Casa Dei Rienzi

                    Restoration of the Foutain  dell'acqua Pola (Fontanone ) Built by> G. Fontana & C, Maderno

 

                    

Florence     Restoration of the Lantern of the Sacrestia Nuova- San Lorenzo ( bult by Michelangelo)

                    Restoration of the Capella dei Principi - San Lorenzo

                    Opificio Della Pitra Dura

 

Prato           Duomo - Restoration of the Fresco cycle of San John The Baptist and Saint Steven Painted by; Filippo Lippi

                    

 

                   

Photo Gallery  1999-2002

Photo Gallery  2003  


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