'Gates of Paradise' re-open

September 12 2012

Video: Al Jazeera

Well, they won't actually open, but you can at least see them again. After a 27 year restoration programme (that's fine art conservation, Italian style), Lorenzo Ghiberti's magnificent renaissance gates for the Baptistry of San Giovanni in Florence have gone on show again. More details here.

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