The "actors" in the restoration project

A group of restorers on site, with the works director and the restoration director

The restoration of Giotto's frescoes has been carried out by the Central Institute for Restoration (ICR), with financing from the Ministry for the Cultural and Artistic Heritage.
The project, which also had a didactic purpose, was directed by Giuseppe Basile who was previously in charge of restoration work in Assisi.
An average of forty people worked on the site every day, including restorers and students from the ICR restoration school. For the most urgent and important tasks, they were assisted by some of the most famous names in the field of art restoration, including Gianluigi Colalucci, who worked on the Sistine Chapel in Rome, and Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, who took part in restoring Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper in Milan.
A number of national and international bodies (such as the "Scuola Normale Superiore" in Pisa, the National Research Council-CNR in Rome, the Universities of Padua, Ravenna, Sassari, Lecce, Rome and Venice) contributed on the scientific side, and technical support was provided by the ICR scientific laboratories including those specialised in digital documentation.
The project was followed and studied by an International Committee whose members were experts in the restoration of wall paintings.

There is also an Interdisciplinary Commission for the conservation and restoration of the Chapel, made up of members from ICR, Padua City Council, State Superintendents and university experts.
The results of the restoration will be presented and discussed at an International Congress which has its own Scientific Committee (one of the members was Angiola Maria Romanini, cultural advisor, who died recently).

Pinin Brambilla Barcilon	Carlo Giantomassi	Gianluigi Colalucci

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY

Giuseppe Basile, general site director

Mario Serio, director of Artistic and Historical Heritage
Almamaria Mignosi Tantillo, director of Central Institute for Restoration
Francesco Scoppola, head of procedures
Giuseppe Basile, project designer and site director

WORKS OFFICE

Maurizio Marabelli, co-ordinator of scientific surveys
Paola Santopadre, joint co-ordinator of scientific surveys
Francesca Capanna, director of restoration work
Antonio Guglielmi, director of restoration work
Francesco Sacco, documentation officer
Rita Batacchi, accounts manager
Rocco D'Urso, accounts manager
Fiorenzo Greggio, site inspector, works co-ordinator
Sergio Indrio, safety and security officer for didactic site
Stefania Randazzo, assistant art historian

GENERAL COLLABORATION

Interdisciplinary Commission:
Padua City Council (L. Gennaro, head of monuments section; S. Borsella, technical manager for monuments section; D. Banzato, director of Civic Libraries and Museums);
Superintendence for Veneto Region (A.M. Spiazzi, superintendent; G. Ericani, inspector; G. Monti, superintendent for eastern Veneto; Eddi Pezzetta, inspector for eastern Veneto; V. Fassina, director of scientific laboratory SPASD, Veneto);

Prof. C. Bonacina, director of physics department, Padua University; Prof. M. Mariotti, senior lecturer, physics department, Padua University, Prof. P. Romagnoli, lecturer, Venice University; Prof. P. Baggio, lecturer, Trento University; Prof. L. Fellin, department of electricity, Padua University; Prof. Vittorio Iliceto, department of terrestrial physics, Padua University; Prof. C. Modena, department of construction and transport, Padua University; Prof. P. Soardo, previously at "Galileo Ferraris" electro-technical institute, Turin; A. Stevan, architect*

Collaboration within the Public Administration:
Superintendence for P.A.S.D. Piedmont: R. Bianchi, restorer
Superintendence for P.A.S.D. Milan: A. Carini, restorer
Direzione Generale Archivi: Director General S. Italia and P. Tascini
Superintendence for Archives, Venice: superintendents G. Migliardi, F. Sardi* and P. Zanon*
State Archives in Padua: director Francesca Fantini

OPERATORS FOR RESTORATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Work in progress on the roof vaulting

Work in progress on the roof vaulting

Central Institute for Restoration

Teaching staff:
M. E. Giralico (director of studies), M. Paris, L. Rissotto, A. M. Marcone, C. Mora, E. Ozino Caligaris, C. Zaccheo, M. J. Manò, M. Valenzuela, D. De Palo, M. C. Gaetani, A. Soavi, B. Provinciali

Students:
Giovanna Antonelli, Laura Bianchi, Stefano Canovacci, Andreina Castellano, Martina Comis, Lidia Del Duca, Claudia Fiorani, Natalia Furgone, Anna Laganà, Roberta Piroli, Mariangela Santella, Daniela Tarica, Tiziana Aureli, Diana Bosse, Maria Teresa Castellano, Giulia Cervi, Francesca Dal Maschio, Daphne De Luca, Giulia Silvia Ghia, Pilar Grazioli, Francesca Mancinelli, Miriam Pitocco, Silvia Roveri, Daniela Sauer, Christian Seghetta, Orit Soffer, Antonella Trovisi, Arabella Bertelli De Angelis, Debora Bincoletto, Daniela Brandinu, Cristina De Lisio, Giancarlo De Gaetano, Alessia Felici, Silvia Floriani, Belinda Giambra, Silvana Romina Illuzzi, Eleonora Leporini, Federica Moretti, Chiara Federica Pinto, Silvia Pissagroia, Monica Sabatini, Diletta Sorrentini.

FIRMS SPECIALISED IN ART WORK RESTORATION

CONSERVAZIONE E RESTAURO Gianluigi Colalucci Daniela Bartoletti Costanza Martinelli Giovanna Schiavon Laura Girardi	TECNIRECO Paolo Virilli Sergio Fusetti Francesca Canella Rui Sawada Marina Calabrese Julia Perry Silvia Tardioli Adriana Gaggi Lucia Calderoni
GIANTOMASSI -ZARI Carlo Giantomassi Donatella Zari Cinzia Carletti Fabio Fernetti Paola Zari	C.B.C Sabina Vedovello Lucia Tito Caterina Barnaba
PININ BRAMBILLA Pinin Brambilla Sonia Revelant Pierangela Formaggini Elisa Breda	ARKE' Maria Chiara Ceriotti Carmen Blanco
S.E.I Gabriella De Monte Barbara Damasco Giuliana Salvati	C.T.R di Paola Cinti Paola Cinti Antonella Vari Orietta Campirei
ENRICHETTA EMO Maria Enrichetta Emo Francesca Gastaldello Elda Mariotti	COREST Gea Storace Stefano Provinciali Sonia Bagarello
DONATELLA FAGIOLI Donatella Fagioli Mario Picchi Marina Morati Susanna De Zanche	PIOVAN Valentina Piovan Franca Bacagnolo Francesca Faleschini
CONSORZIO R.O.M.A. Nerina Aureli Sabina Recchi Giuseppe Giordano	COO.BE.C Antonella Filiani Luana Casaglia Patrizia Mariani Bruno Bruni Rolando Ramaccini
CB ART Michela Gottardo Giovanni Cecchini Sabrina Salvatori	MARINA FURCI Marina Furci Anna De Riso Paparo Eliana Billi Costanza Ceradini Sabrina Oliva Massimiliano D'Urso Giuseppina D'Ilario Cristina Silvestri Laura Famiglietti Ilaria Scacchetti Silvia Migliori
CONSORZIO SPARLA Riccardo Mancinelli Vittoria Caretta Prisca Giacovazzi Roberta Rizza	RE.AS Camilla Sinding-Larsen Annika Gunhild Martesson Sara Scioscia
ANTONIO RAVA Antonio Rava	ANTONIO FORCELLINO

Photographic documentation:
A. Rubino, A. Quattrone*

Graphic documentation:
M. Marchese, M. Orrù*,C. Ranzi*

Topographic survey:
S. D'Amico, M. Bucci

Scientific analysis of paintings:
Central Institute for Restoration:
G. Accardo, L. Arceri, D. Artioli, P. Bianchetti, R. Ciabattoni, M. Coladonato, M. Ioele, M. Leotta, M. Marabelli, P. Santopadre, G. Santonico with the collaboration of F. Capanna, A. Guglielmi, F. Fernetti

Superintendence P.A.S.D. for Venice: G. Spezzani

I.C.C.R.O.M.: E. Borrelli

Milan Polytechnic and Study Centre for Histo-chemistry (C.N.R.) in Pavia: A.Gallone, G. Bottiroli.

University of Bologna: G. Chiavari

University of Lecce: A. Castellano, G. Buccolieri, S. Quarta

University of Sassari: R. Cesareo

University of Rome: F. Felli, C. Panzironi

University of Venice: L. Lazzarini

University of Padua: A. Argenton

"Scuola Normale Superiore", Pisa

Alfa International

Interno Otto

Agnese Micozzi

Videoprime

Thanks to: F. Boehm, B. Lanfranchi Strini

* freelance