Vatican requests assistance
Representatives of the Vatican called on the experts on art all over the world to assist in the restoration of cultural property affected by the earthquake in the Italian region of Abruzzo. In particular, the international restoration laboratory was asked to take the damaged works of art and take on their restoration. Because of the strong tremors struck the bell tower, the walls of many buildings covered with cracks, and some churches have become just a pile of stones. As a result, were damaged, many paintings and frescoes decorating the walls of churches, as well as the crucifix, chalice and the altar.
is not known yet of the fate of thousands buried under the rubble of buildings in the capital of the affected region, city Akvila. Among them are a carved altar depicting the Resurrection of Christ, the work of the Renaissance sculptor Andrea della Robbie (Andrea della Robbia), located somewhere inside the Church of San Bernardino de Siena, whose bell tower collapsed. Also, you can not yet draw objects stored at the National Museum of Abruzzo, which is housed in a fortress built in the XVI century, the former Spanish governors. While experts are hesitant to enter inside, fearing aftershocks new, and represent the values of the evacuation plan of the building. During an earthquake completely destroyed the gate Porta Napoli, built in 1548 in honor of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
However, some works have already been saved. For example, a carved sarcophagus of Pope Tselestina V, which was literally buried under the rubble walls of the church of Santa Maria di Kollemadzho.
According to the Vatican Chiro Benedittini (Ciro Benedittini), in Akvile, located just 100 kilometers from Rome, damaged all the churches, and at the moment none of them are not yet able to hold worship services.
In the Vatican, known by its own experts on the restoration of hope that experts from other countries will help them to restore the affected property Italy. Already received a few emails from some experts to the proposals on cooperation. In addition, the restoration of damaged cultural heritage has promised to allocate 30 million euro Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (Silvio Berlusconi).
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