Save Venice and Friends of Florence are delighted to announce their collaboration for the restoration of Donatello’s Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata. This bronze masterpiece, dating to the mid-15th century, stands at the front of the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua and is in urgent need of conservation work.

Thanks to Save Venice with lead funders Jon and Barbara Landau and Friends of Florence with the support of Stacy Simon, and with the collaboration of the Pontifical Delegation of the Basilica di Sant’Antonio in Padova, the delicate restoration of the equestrian monument and its stone base can begin in 2025.