{"id":146416,"date":"2025-09-10T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2025\/09\/parigi-nuovo-appuntamento-per-la-cultura-del-restauro\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T08:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:48:25","slug":"parigi-nuovo-appuntamento-per-la-cultura-del-restauro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/diplomazia-culturale\/2025\/09\/parigi-nuovo-appuntamento-per-la-cultura-del-restauro\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris, a new chapter for \u201cThe culture of restoration\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August, the <strong>Botticino School of Restoration<\/strong> launched a new restoration site at the <strong>Maison de l\u2019Italie<\/strong>, the university residence located within the Cit\u00e9 Internationale Universitaire de Paris. The project was carried out by recently graduated restorer Marta Zubani, accompanied by her professors Dario Guerini and Marco Cagna.<\/p>\n<p>The intervention focused on the sculptural element \u201c<strong>ITALIA<\/strong>\u201d, made of stone material and part of the architectural complex of the Maison de l\u2019Italie, designed by Piero Portaluppi, a leading figure of 20th-century Italian Rationalism. In addition to the main element, the team also restored an ancient sculpture and three bronze reliefs \u2013 replicas from the Church of San Zeno in Verona. The restoration works were undertaken on the occasion of the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the Cit\u00e9 Internationale Universitaire de Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of the <strong>project \u201cThe Culture of Restoration\u201d<\/strong>, launched three years ago by <strong>Valore Italia in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation<\/strong>. The project promotes the care and enhancement of Italian artistic heritage abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Italian restoration science<\/strong> represents a model that we can export around the world, as demonstrated by the work at the Maison de l\u2019Italie in Paris and other projects connected to the network of Embassies and Italian Cultural Institutes, thanks to the contribution of Valore Italia. Through restoration, we tell the story of Italian craftsmanship, academic depth, and, more broadly, the rich cultural roots of our country,\u201d stated <strong>Marco Maria Cerbo, Head of the Coordination Unit for Italian Cultural Institutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Valore Italia team brought with them great expertise, professionalism and humanity. In the relationship between teachers and students, I saw that same spirit of joyful and studious intergenerational collaboration that also animates us at the Cit\u00e9 Internationale Universitaire de Paris,\u201d said <strong>Maria Chiara Prodi, Director of the Maison de l\u2019Italie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis experience represents an important training opportunity for the student involved, offering her the chance to engage with an international environment and a significant work of 20<sup>th<\/sup>-century Italian architecture. The initiative also highlights the quality of education and hands-on practice promoted by the Botticino School of Restoration, as well as the value of cooperation between Italian and international institutions in safeguarding and enhancing cultural heritage,\u201d stated <strong>Salvatore Amura, CEO of Valore Italia<\/strong> \u2013 Botticino School of Restoration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In August, the Botticino School of Restoration launched a new restoration site at the Maison de l\u2019Italie, the university residence located within the Cit\u00e9 Internationale Universitaire de Paris. The project was carried out by recently graduated restorer Marta Zubani, accompanied by her professors Dario Guerini and Marco Cagna. 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