Scenes of History

The diversity of materials and objects that face the workshops of restoration of these big ensembles - palaces, monasteries, cathedrals - requires a small army of specialists that must know in detail technologies and manufacturing processes that have remained forgotten a long time ago. In order to keep the big golden xtensions sparkling, the skill of the main gilders to manipulate and apply the thinnest gold leaves is irreplaceable. The cabinet making and textile workshops attend to the upholstery of big surfaces and of palatial furniture; craftsmen and artists work on ceramic reliefs and pieces, and set the clocks that have marked the step of weddings and funeral, of wars and peaces; they give back the colour to the ancient tenants' paintings and to the enormous frescos, samples of the best painting of its time.