Florence Baptistery doors reunited after 30 years
Florence reunites restored Baptistery doors.
The three monumental doors from Florence’s Baptistery have been reunited for the first time in 30 years, following a complex restoration programme which began in 1978, and can now be admired together at the Museo dell'Opera di S. Maria del Fiore.
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The doors, which weigh around 8 tons each, are five metres high and three metres wide.
The doors are no longer in their original Baptistery setting - which has replicas in their place - and instead are housed in the museum's Sala del Paradiso for their safe-keeping.
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The South Doors date from 1330 to 1336, and were made by Andrea Pisano, a student of Giotto.
Badly damaged during Florence’s 1966 flood, the doors comprise 28 panels, interspersed with 74 friezes, whose gilded details and decorations have now been restored.
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Restoration work on all three doors was carried out by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence.