Five hundred years ago, Italian merchants in Lisbon rebuilt the Church of Nossa Senhora do Loreto, better known as the Italian Church, and the travelling exhibition \u2018Tesserae of Hope\u2019 is now in Lisbon to celebrate the anniversary. The exhibition displays a collection of the extraordinary and finely and artistically handcrafted creations of the time to dress the wooden simulacra present on the altars of many Italian churches, alternatively focusing on particular places and religious shrines.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The exhibition will be hosted at the\u00a0Museo di\u00a0S\u00e3o Roque\u00a0of Lisbon from 16 March to 19 May 2019 and will present nine gowns created for the Madonna of Loreto originating from the province of\u00a0Frosinone, and especially from the Benedictine monastery of Sant\u2019Andrea in Arpino, from the churches of Santa Restituta in Sora, of San Barbato in Casalattico, of Santa Maria and San Marcello in San Donato Val Comino and of Santo Stefano Protomartire \u2013 Sanctuary of the Madonna of Loreto in Fontana Liri.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is organised by the Superintendence for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of the provinces of Frosinone, Latina and Rieti in partnership with the Colosseum Archaeological Park, the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon and the\u00a0Santa Casa de Miseric\u00f3rdia.<\/p>\n
As Stefano Gizzi, the interim Superintendent, said: \u201cTesserae of Hope\u00a0<\/i>means that, through an ancient trade \u2013 that of weavers \u2013 that materialises in the making of fabrics or clothes but conceptually recalls a mission to establish and interweave ties, relations with men and the world, we open to another dimension, in which the expectations of humankind no longer appear to be achievable goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
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