historic preservation

October 20, 2013
The Bourbon Palace at Caserta – the Versailles of Italy – has received a 22-million euro grant for much-needed repairs .

October 9, 2013
Cruise tourism lands Venice on the World Monuments Fund’s ‘watch list,’ which includes cultural sites in Syria and Mali at risk from military attacks.

October 6, 2013
Ermanno Rivetti reports in The Art Newspaper that a visitor to the recently closed “Manet: Return to Venice” has filed a complaint that museum authorities damaged the Doge’s Palace by drilling holes in its walls for a climate control system.

August 2, 2013
Road Through Roman History Creates Colossal Headache

July 26, 2013
Il Giornale dell’Arte and Ermanno Rivetti report in The Art Newspaper that Kazakhstan gives €1.7m to restore Baroque Italian building in earthquake-damaged town of L’Aquila.

July 24, 2013
Facelift for marble façades in Florence’s Piazza del Duomo.

July 17, 2013
Huge financial scandal in Venice

July 10, 2013
Venice grattacielo cancelled