Precious mosaics in Florence are undergoing restoration. But instead of being sealed off from visitors, they are now accessible up close.
The 800-year-old mosaics that decorate Florence’s famous Baptistery are being repaired for the first time in more than 100 years.
A novel mushroom-shaped scaffold is allowing tourists to continue visiting the artwork – and see it from a unique perspective.
Visitors can climb the scaffold to see the 13th-century mosaic – made up of more than 10 million tiles – close-up.
“[The building work] will remain in place for a long time, and we did not want to sacrifice the visibility and enjoyment
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