The restoration started in April and ended just in time for All Souls Day on November 2.
The work on the major project was carried out by VIVE-Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia.
The works included the marble sculptures depicting the Adriatic Sea by Emilio Quadrelli and the Tyrrhenian Sea by Pietro Canonica, the gilded bronze sculptures depicting Il Pensiero (Thought) by Giulio Monteverde and L’Azione (Action) by Francesco Jerace and the flagpoles on whose tops the tricolours fly by Gaetano Vannicola with the Vittorie (Victories) by Edoardo Rubino and Edoardo De Albertis.
“The Vittoriano is a work of extraordinary importance for the history and identity of the nation, but it is also a great work of art,” said the director of VIVE, Edith Gabrielli.
“[It’s great because of] the architecture by Giuseppe Sacconi and the dynamic decorations carried out by some of the main sculptors of that time.
“It was decided to call the best artists with the aim of imposing the image of the young Italian State,” she explained to the journalists gathered for the presentation of the completed works.
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