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1. Protecting and enhancing Restoration Tutelare e valorizzare Restauro © A. Angelucci © A. Angelucci THE BOSCO DI SAN FRANCESCO, A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY THROUGH THE LANDSCAPES OF ST FRANCIS On 11 November 2011, after more than a year of work, the Bosco di San Francesco was officially opened to the public . The objective of the restoration and re-landscaping project was to offer visitors the possibility of undertaking a real interior journey to discover the message of perfect harmony between Man and Nature that Saint Francis sent out to the world, starting from right here. In the first phase, we reinstated and made safe the paths and dealt with the overhaul of the landscape in the areas at the edges of the paths, followed by the bedding out of 200 new olive trees, high-trunked trees and around a thousand shrubs. The most challenging aspect, however, concerned the Santa Croce Complex, a microcosm – inhabited in the late 13th/early 14th century by Benedictine monks – that encompasses a church, a mill, the remains of a hospice and of a monastery, and further away, an ancient tower-cum-manufactory. Thanks to a complicated array of operations, which involved a plethora of different professionals, we managed to complete a conservative restoration of the buildings – an operation that has seen them become functional once again. The rooms of the presbytery have been refurbished as a reception and information point for visitors, complete with a bookshop and an educational exhibition, whereas the Mill has been renovated to provide catering facilities for visitors to the Bosco di San Francesco. In the Hospice area, figs, walnuts and other fruit trees have been used to redesign the internal terraces to evoke the lost garden of the Benedictine monks, whereas the ancient Annamaria Tower has had its masonry consolidated and has been fitted with a new iron staircase to allow access to the roof, in order to afford visitors a panoramic view over the clearing of the Terzo Paradiso (Third Paradise). THE RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE BOSCO DI SAN FRANCESCO 50,000 m² of woodland overhauled 1,000 shrubs 140 abandoned olive trees given a new lease of life 200 new olive trees planted 3.5 km of paths upgraded 1,720 m 2 of rebuilding using recovered stone THE RESTORATION OF THE BENEDICTINE COMPLEX OF SANTA CROCE 15,000 pieces of stone used for the reconstruction of the dry-stone walls of the olive groves 21,000 man-hours of work devoted to the restoration of the Santa Croce complex 520 430 man-hours of work on the man-hours dedicated to the archaeological excavations restoration of the fresco in for the hospice and the the Church of Santa Croce Annamaria tower 30 tonnes of waste and 362 tyres removed 28 Annual Report 2011 Annual Report 2011 29
1. Protecting and enhancing Restoration 1. Protecting and enhancing Restoration To offer visitors an increasingly comfortable and engaging experience, we carried out restoration operations at numerous properties: from the resurfacing of the access route to the Villa del Balbianello to the new visitor routes at Villa Della Porta Bozzolo and the Castello di Masino. ENHANCING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE Every single aspect of our endeavours to safeguard and make the most of the wonderful embodiments of Italy’s artistic heritage, nature and landscape is geared towards the objective of re-opening the properties to the public so that they can be used and enjoyed by everyone, forever. As such, for us it is fundamental to offer a visitor experience that is increasingly comfortable, engaging and exciting. For this reason, in 2011 as in previous years we put a great deal of effort into the restoration works intended to make a visit to a number of our properties all the richer and more unique. At the Villa del Balbianello, in July we completed the resurfacing of the access road, which – once it has taken on a more natural appearance with the passage of time – will be perfectly integrated into the colours of the surrounding environment. The forestry works on the Dosso di Lavedo lasted until August 2012. These wide-ranging operations encompassed not only the regeneration of the woodland but also the hydrogeological and infrastructural aspects, as well as the upgrading of site accessibility, along with the creation of picnic areas. At Villa Della Porta Bozzolo, we worked hard to improve the visitor experience by making major alterations to the visitor route: to allow access to the recently restored areas of the Library and the Study, while preserving the tempera decoration of the narrow corridor opposite, we renovated a small room that had previously been off-limits to the public and we changed the adjacent room into a service space for use by visitors. In addition, to make the 17,000m² of woodland surrounding the Villa more accessible, we reconditioned the avenue of cypresses, which rises up to the top of the hill that overlooks the property, and we also re-ordered the promenade of aedicules. Last but not least, we renovated the visitor parking area, increasing and rationalising the available car-parking spaces and installing a system of LED lighting. A new visitor route was also laid out at the Castello di Masino: the restoration of the stucco room (Gabinetto degli stucchi) and the arrangement of the winter dining room (Sala da Pranzo Invernale), originally designed for Princess Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, now enable visitors to discover a new chapter in the history of this extraordinary figure of the movement for the unification and independence of Italy. In the Torrazza, we completed the restoration of the Round Library (Biblioteca Rotonda) and the adjacent Viceroy’s Workshop (Laboratorio Vicerè), which were equipped with a new lighting system. THE MAIN INVESTMENTS IN RESTORATION OF THE PROPERTIES IN 2011 (IN EUROS) BOSCO DI SAN FRANCESCO 2,873,448 VILLA DEI VESCOVI 1,946,561 CASTELLO DI MASINO 530,637 VILLA DEL BALBIANELLO 442,488 VILLA DELLA PORTA BOZZOLO 434,841 ABBAZIA DI SAN FRUTTUOSO 208,719 VILLA E COLLEZIONE PANZA 232,775 MONASTERO DI TORBA 180,404 CASTELLO DELLA MANTA 167,546 VILLA NECCHI CAMPIGLIO 124,289 CASTELLO DI AVIO 23,090 © Istockphoto ALL-ENCOMPASSING PROTECTION Taking responsibility for a property means taking care of every single aspect of it: from the frescoes that embellish the walls of villas and castles to the door and window frames, the boundary walls, the flower beds and the security systems. At the Castello di Masino, we completed the restoration of the decorated walls of the Library (Biblioteca), reclaimed the beautiful original marble floor of the adjacent room and restored the large wardrobe that takes up an entire wall. To allow visitors to admire the decorations that have emerged, the bookcases of the library in the so-called “Red Rooms” (Stanze Rosse) have been repositioned. At Villa Panza, we started work on the conservative restoration of the boundary wall, which - in accordance with the relevant government planning department – has required the setting out of precise methods for the filling in of the gaps and the harmonisation of the contrasting colours of the various types of plaster. In contrast, the conservative restoration and alteration to new uses of the Palazzo e Torre Campatelli is very much based on the deployment of latest-generation technology; the project involved an in-depth study of the buildings’ structures conducted by the Archaeology Laboratory of the University of Siena. Thanks to a very highresolution survey of the facade of the Palazzo, carried out using cutting-edge Zscan technology, it proved possible to reconstruct its architectural evolution and to identify the various construction phases. And at Villa Necchi Campiglio we carried out various upgrades of the fire-prevention systems and installed burglar alarms throughout the complex, as well as creating new flowerbeds in the garden. GLOBAL RECOGNITION Since June 25, 2011, the Monastero di Torba and the Castelseprio archaeological area have featured on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as part of the group called “The Longobards in Italy. Places of Power (568-774 AD)”. In June 2011, we completed the works to overhaul the section of the path falling within our property that linked the Monastero di Torba to the Castelseprio archaeological park, as well as the conservative restoration of the existing archaeological structures. From the restoration of frescoes and boundary walls to changing the intended use of spaces and landscaping operations – day after day, we deal with every single aspect of the protection of our properties, and our efforts were rewarded in 2011 with the adding of the Castello di Torba to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Above: San Gimignano (Siena). 30 Annual Report 2011 Annual Report 2011 31
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