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Restoration Works Of Art Rossano Cathedral

The Ecclesiastic Monuments and Fine Arts Office of the Archbishropic of Rossano - Cariati , thanks to the initiative of the Monuments and Fine arts/ Ethnoanthropologic goods Office in Cosenza has promoted the preparation of a temporary laboratory of restoring in the premises of the concert hall “Saint Clare”, near the cathedral, open from September 9th 2009 .
Because of the extraordinary value , not only artistic, but also spiritual and cultural of the works, it was preferred not to separate them from their original context and to choose the project of a temporary laboratory. That solution sounds unusual in Calabria , but it was wanted by the supervisor , Mr. Fabio de Chirico.
The company Tecla Fucilla is completing the restoration of nineteen masterpieces belonging to the Cathedral and to the Diocesan Museum, among which the painting of Our Lady among the Patron Saints by Onofrio Ferro along with Saint Nilo and Saint Bartholomew , which are very representative of the story of the diocese .
Moreover the Monuments and Fine Arts office, coordinated by don Nando Ciliberti, on proposal of the supervisor and aware of the fact that a concrete approach to the techniques of restoration, mediated by specialized professional people, well experienced in restoring , could be an extraordinary occasion to complete education, has felt bound to open the doors of the laboratories to schools. Thus he has proposed visits to the restoration laboratory of the diocesan museum and of the cathedral to the schools of the diocese and all the other students coming from other dioceses. ,
In this way the students can understand the context in which the works of art are created, the destination of use, their possible placement in museum collections and, finally, the cares they need. Of course the contents of the visit will be adequate to the age and to the competences of the pupils.
The visit timetables are Tuesday and Thursday from 10.00 to 12.30 until May 30Th 2010, when the laboratory is temporary closed.