Today, September 11, 2023, the restoration site opened for the first-year students of Path A – Restoration of Monuments and Landscape Protection, along with a specialization student from the École de Chaillot, Paris.
The valuable collaboration with the ParCo – Archaeological Park of the Colosseum continues, directed by Prof. Dr. Alfonsina Russo, who has made available an interesting transitional environment between the lower peristyle of the Domus Augustana and the Palatine Hippodrome, featuring walls encrusted with colored marble and fresco decorations.
The Monument Restoration site is directed by Prof. Arch. Maria Grazia Filetici, who has been leading this important initiative since 2000 together with Prof. Arch. Annamaria Pandolfi of the ICR, with the technical support of restorer Dr. Laura Famiglietti, an ICR graduate.
The direct experience of the students on this teaching site takes place at the conclusion of the lectures of the course “Conservation of Materials and Applied Chemistry,” coordinated by Professors Maria Grazia Filetici and Annamaria Pandolfi. The organic integration of theory and practice plays an irreplaceable role in the full understanding of both aspects.