After 15 months of continuous work, the building where the Bargello Museum is located has been completely restored. For the first time since the establishment of the museum in 1865, Bargello has carefully renovated the entire monument and all its decorations.

Although the palace has undergone several interventions in the past (for example, after the fire in 1332 and the flood in 1333), it has never had such a large-scale movement. In the most recent restoration, more than 12,000 square meters of the Great Wall of Pietra and Pietra Serena were cleaned and reinforced, 128 coats of arms and 124 windows, as well as 93 mellons and 199 stone legs were restored.

The restoration project cost a total of 1,800,000 Euros and was funded by the Italian Ministry of Culture, while the contract was handled by Invitalia. Under the guidance of the architect Giancarlo Lombardi and the supervision of the architect Maria Cristina Valenti, the head of the Technical Office of the Bargello Museum, the work involved a team of 24 restoration staff and professional workers who took turns during the project conduct.

Despite the long-term closure of the museum due to the pandemic, the team completed the restoration in record time, erected scaffolding in late July 2020, and removed the last pipeline in October 2021.

"Because of painstaking restorations in record time, Bargello has become beautiful again," said Mayor Dario Nadella. "This is an important moment for this city and our entire cultural heritage. Despite the pandemic, the cultural world has not stopped, and even used to be forced to stop investing and planning for the future."

This palace was built in 1255 and was originally the seat of Podesta, the highest civilian institution of the Florentine government, whose coat of arms still adorns the courtyard. This is also the place where Dante was sentenced to death in 1302 and then exiled. According to a royal decree of June 22, 1865, this palace became Italy's first national museum dedicated to medieval and Renaissance art.

Hayley Daffern (Hayley Daffern) is a college student, doing an internship at the University of Florence as part of her year abroad. In addition to her French and Italian degrees, she is your typical art lover. From Botticelli to Michelangelo, Hayley had a keen interest in Italian Renaissance art and literature. She moved to Florence to broaden her artistic horizons.