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.
2010
Siena – Palazzo publico, Il Campo, Duomo, the Baptistery, the Crypt of
the Duomo, Museum of the Opera del Duomo
Pienza – Duomo, The main Square, Palazzo Piccolomini
Monte pulciano – Church of San Biaggio
Florence - Apse of Santa Croce, restoration fresco by Agnolo Gaddi
Opificio Della Pitra Dura
Rome - Istituto Centrale per il Restauro
Cleaning of the Facade of San Andrea della Valle
Visit to places of interest, Foum, Coloseum, San Clemente, Campidoglio, San Giovanni in Laterano.
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
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
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
2000
Rome – Istituto Centrale per il Restauro
Restoration of the Frescos in the Pyramid 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
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
