Since early this Tuesday morning, three experts have been working to clean up spray paint that appeared on one of the walls of the ancient Pantheon in Rome, a “tragedy” that has angered the city and the world, but it will be fixed. laser technology.
This exceptional two-thousand-year-old building was the subject of graffiti, with which someone wanted to explain, using a blue trickle, that “Aliens exist” (the aliens exist), as he left written.
And he didn’t hesitate to do it on the outer stone wall templeespecially the space that separates its interior from the imposing pronaos supported by three rows of columns made of Egyptian marble.
graffiti This shocked neighbors and tourists, but the city council had already begun to clean it up and on Tuesday, on the second day of work, it had already managed to remove two thirds of the disgrace.
LASER, ALLY
The key was the last laser technologywhich is applied at low intensity, “eliminates microns of colored particles that cling to the marble surface,” the director of the monument, Gabriella Musto, explained to Efe.
despite the hellish heat Once in Italy these days, restorers tirelessly work with laser and gel anti-graffiti characteristic of the “material aspects of the fine surface” of this marvel of Roman architecture, founded in 27 BC but rebuilt in the 2nd century, in the time of Emperor Hadrian, after Hell.
But will there be a mark? According to the director, there is nothing to worry about, as this act of vandalism, “the first in ten years”, will not leave a trace, although additional restoration work will be required. stone color.
“The results are effective, and we are getting them within the expected time frame,” Musto confidently assured, recalling that this laser technologyAlthough it has never been used before to remove paint from the stone walls of the Pantheon, “it is safe and effective.”
Already in the early morning of this Tuesday, the curious, who stopped in front of the temple to watch its cleaning, were able to see with relief that only some strange eyes remained that accompanied the graffiti.
According to the director, this is a “good sign” regarding the ongoing procedure.
However, a “small chromatic and pictorial restoration” will be necessary to eliminate the white trace that is currently visible in the place of the painting and which “soon” will completely disappear.
“We are confident that we will eliminate this huge damage in a short time,” Musto said.
LOOKING FOR VANDAL
The authorities are still looking for the authors of this graffitia difficult task given that there are no security cameras in the area and the surrounding buildings have been disabled.
Therefore, the director Pantheon asked the security forces “to provide support, especially during hours when Ministry of Culture cannot protect these monuments, as well as at night, when there is no security service.
“We need,” he stressed, “more active and constant support for fragile and visible cultural sites” like this imposing building in the heart of the city.
At the height of the tourist season, hundreds of people enter this ancient monument daily and completely free of charge, and it is some of these visitors who turn, in their own way, to repair it.
Well, despite the misfortune, the director thanked the townspeople for their closeness: “A group of townspeople helped us by bringing water and food out of simple solidarity.”
Pantheon of Agrippathus, known by the name of his son-in-law Augustus, who erected its first version two millennia ago, is one of the most beloved monuments in Rome, famous throughout the world for its huge dome, 43.44 meters in diameter, 150 Roman feet.
Throughout its history, it has survived fires, earthquakes, bombs, and even rebuildings proposed by the popes, such as two bell towers or “donkey ears” added in the 16th century by order of Urban VIII Barberini (it is commonly said in Rome that “what is not made by the barbarians, made by the Barberini).
Today it is no longer “ears”, it is a Catholic church, inside which are the tombs of the first two kings of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II and his son Umberto I, as well as the artist Raphael.
So to speak, a symbol of Italy, which is now recovering from the insult suffered.
EFE
Source: RPP
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