by Cinzia Dal Maso

Restoration work on the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem is being led by an Italian archaeologist, Alessandro Fichera. The work, which started a year ago, was entrusted to the firm Piacenti from Prato, which won an international tender in 2013. This is the first restoration performed on the Basilica since the Venetians fixed it up in the fifteenth century.

Fichera is part of the team that conducted the preliminary study, following a tender issued in 2009, and he is now in charge of overseeing the work.

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Fonte: Italy24