Praetorian Palace in Certaldo: starts the 'restoration of the century'. Will be invested 1.5 million euro of public funds PALACE PRETORIO CERTALDO From October 27 to April 4 closes Praetorian Palace, to allow ' initiating the restoration of the most important landmark building has ever faced for over a century now, at least when it was returned, which had become a civilian house in the nineteenth century, a public building. With the awareness of the honor, but also the burden that this entails, the Mayor of Certaldo Andrea Campinoti presented this morning the project, supported by the Culture, Cristina Gabbrielli, and the head of the procedure, ing. Joseph Spannocchi. Dates and Work - The project, directed by prof. Gennaro buffer of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Florence, an expert in this field of restoration, will take place on three fronts: the structural consolidation of the entire building, the restoration and conservation of works of art both pictorial wall, accessibility building with the elimination of architectural barriers. The work will take place in several lots, continuously for about two years, for a total of around EUR 1.5 million, financed in part by the City and partly (the procedures for requesting funds are pending), other entities both public and private. The Palace will remain closed to visitors but only during the first phase of work, that over the next five months, during low season, to go back to being open until the end of the work which should then take place without interruption. The first batch - the first phase of work, amounting to € 375mila, funded entirely by the city, beginning next October 27 and will end on April 4, 2009, will run from Riabitat of Perugia, a company specializing in consolidations of historic buildings, which also boasts in his resume with work done in the Papal Palace in Avignon and the Church of San Damiano in Assisi. With this first batch will be made for basically two things: the full consolidation of parts of the building and completion of readings necessary to complete the consolidation of the other parties, which will still put in temporary security in this phase. The final consolidation will cover the entire lodge, which overlooks the inner courtyard of the palace, called Writing and the rooms, lobby, hall of the Vicar, the Servants Room, Room of torture, will also be consolidated on the roof of the adjacent church of San Tommaso and Prospero and the tower at the rear of the building. A consolidation Interim cover all prisons instead, with the final one that will be done in the next batch after batch lavori.I - From April will then be re-opened the Palace to the public and work will continue, with efforts needed to overcome the barriers, both access to ground floor and first floor, where a special elevator will be built. The work also will affect the restoration of paintings and stone or glazed earthenware, such as emblems, the restoration of wooden structures, the completion of consolidation started in the first culture Fasel does not close - Despite the restoration, the Councillor for Culture, Cristina Gabbrielli, explained that the Town will continue to be home to some events in this winter, to go back to being the hub of cultural activities of Certaldo Alto by next Easter: "The church of San Tommaso e Prospero still be able to host some activities between these two initiatives be integrated into Boccaccio & the Arts in December, or the submission of the book on Boccaccio prof. Michelangelo Picone, December 19, and the show on the Decameron L'Arca Azzurra December 22. We're also already working on the exhibition season in 2009, with the third edition of Concrete in the spring, the exhibition of Certaldo Cinzia Fiaschi, in summer, and the exhibition organized by the Fond'Arte Tono Zancanaro, in the autumn. "Restoration era - Andrea Campinoti The Mayor commented that the project is about to take off: "The restoration of the Praetorian Palace symbolically marks the end of a term in which they are carried out not only the infrastructure works and roads, both urban and suburban, but where we have managed to rehabilitate the buildings and the village of Certaldo Alto. Stiozzi Recovery Palazzo Ridolfi, the restoration of Casa Boccaccio, the realization of ZTL and parking, the consolidation of fronts landslide, the walkway that runs around the walls, All works are included in an overall plan for recovery, which is now crowned with the restoration of the Praetorian Palace, the iconic image of Certaldo, restored to deliver citizenship and the generations of the future.
