For over 40 years, the Venice in Peril Fund has disbursed millions of pounds for the restoration of Venetian monuments, buildings and works of art.
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PROJECT Painting conservation, 1512
Madonna with Child and Saints, Palma Vecchio, Church of San Zaccaria
PROJECT Restoration and conservation of brickwork porch and Byzantine stonecarvings on the ‘Protiro’ of the Church of the Carmini.
Side doorway and stonecarvings, Church of the Carmini
PROJECT After the 1996 fire the auditorium chandelier was reproduced to original designs, lunettes over the water-gate restored and orchestral instruments replaced.
Chandelier & frescoed lunettes, La Fenice Opera House
PROJECT A late 17th century church with an aiseless nave, richly carved altars and a cycle of paintings showing the Miracles of St. Augustine
Altars and four wall-paintings, Church of the Eremite
PROJECT Two 17th century statues flanking the altar of the Scuola dei Carmini were conserved in 1998, whilst the confraternity itself restored the altar. In 2001 Venice in Peril joined with the Italian government to fund the restoration of the altar’s ceiling fresco by Sebastiano Ricci.
Altar of the Scuola dei Carmini, Church of the Carmini
PROJECT The conservation of the Renaissance doorway and rose window was funded by Martin Randall Travel after a festival in the adjacent Scuola di San Rocco in 2001-02.
Renaissance Doorway and rose window, Church of San Rocco
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