During the fourteenth week of culture, Sunday 15 and Sunday 22 April from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. the entrance to the basilica of Santa Maria Novella is free.
The Gondi Chapel dedicated to St. Luke in the church of Santa Maria Novella has been restored. The Crucifix by Brunelleschi has returned to its rightful place after a lengthy absence. The restoration was made possible through public and private collaboration to the tune of €250,000.
After a nine-month rehabilitation, the wooden Crucifix by Brunelleschi is back in the Gondi Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. The intervention, to the tune of €250,000, was financed entirely by the Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. According to project manager Ugo Muccini, the restoration "involved the entire decoration: marbles, floors, altar, windows and even the frescoes in the sails of the vault, attributed to Greek painters active in Florence at the end of the 13th century."
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