A new light for the Baptistery of Riva San Vitale

USI and SUPSI have carried out important restoration work on the wall paintings of the building. The University of Italian Switzerland (USI), with its Academy…

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Podcast-Restoration: the baptistery of Riva San Vitale. Buildings from buildings: the role of creativity in conservation

The baptistery of Riva San Vitale is the oldest Christian monument still existing in Switzerland and houses precious pictorial cycles. Built with…

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Making up for the gap to preserve the memory – The failure to restore the Morandi Bridge

On 14 August 2018, a section of the viaduct over the Polcevera in Genoa collapsed causing the death of 43 people. Despite the historical importance of…

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The record for diamond ashlar is in Bologna

The restoration of the façade of Palazzo Sanuti has been completed, better known by its current name of Palazzo Bevilacqua from the name of the Bevilacqua-Ariosti family...

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