Vindi completes the restoration of Diana’s cave in Villa de Este in Tivoli

Milan – Vindi’s regaining for Diana’s cave was officially revealed on Wednesday, before reopening to the public on May 6.

It is located in Villa d’enste in Tivoli-a UNESCO World Heritage website located one hour drive from Rome-Cave will be reopened nearly half a century of closure and two years of restoration work. As I mentioned, the Roman fashion house pledged for the first time to help restore the cave in 2023.

The coach of Fendi Venturini Fendi said that the project was “a work of love-the latest on a journey that lasted for centuries from protecting and promoting Italy’s cultural heritage, and reached its climax this year while celebrating our results.”

“The deep roots in Rome, where Mason and our creative hearts have been established since 1925, this project represents another investment in the future that begins with the past anniversary: ​​commitment to preserving the beauty and history of our country, and this valuable monument is passed to future generations,” said Vintunene Fendi.

Fendy’s sponsorship was a coordinated effort that also included the Villa Adriana and Villa Dest -Fellev from Tivoli, committed to strengthening the site’s heritage.

Andrea Broshiyat, director of Villa Adriana and Villa Des said: “This restoration aims to explore and decipher the endless layers of the meaning in Villa de Este, with highlighting how this place continues to radiate its wonderful beauty while sometimes revealing the advanced cultural vision that inspired it,” said Andrea Broshiyat, Director of Villa Adriana and Villa Des. “With this effort, we aim to face the loss and neglect that often affects our heritage, and the rest of Diana’s cave guarantees that this treasure becomes available again to the audience.”

Bruciati described the process as “a tangible actually generosity, aimed at sharing this Beau, which has become possible thanks to the cardiac support of Fendi.”

Diana’s hatred, which symbolizes virtue, is at a panoramic point in Villa de Este, which is a difficult star located in the Cardinal March and was built between 1570 and 1572 by Paulo Callerreno. Pirro Ligorio is the architect who designed the villa and the wide garden.

The site includes a central area with a cross cellar and large cardids with baskets, a large position with a rocky background and fountain, and three arms. The first of which contains walls of the walls and a barrel-one on the left is displayed on the left between the foundation and a place with a rocky background and a fountain, the other on the right with a barrel of barrels that are characterized by large lights on both sides and a slot that leads to a loggia heading towards Rome. From this Loggia, a double horseshoe drawer over the wind loggia leads to a small balcony with a panoramic view.

Restoring works reinforced the surface of the cave and its rich and separate scheme, made of rural and polychrome and multi -material materials that feature shells, glass pastes, semi -precious stones, stone fragments and metal scales.

The prominent elements include the four canephora statues – originally six, but lost – bearing baskets filled with golden fruits on their heads; The representation of a white eagle, the symbol of the Este family, in the middle of the cellar; Marine scenes on the ceiling, legends on the walls they head to “Metamorphowses”. The floors deserve special attention to their various deportation. For example, one in the glazed terrakotta contains the hexagonal tiles that alternate the rows of eagles, apples and lies, while the floors in Loggia are characterized by square elements in beige and brown totta.

Over time, the materials were severely dangerous, stand -alone sculptures were missing, and decorative elements deteriorated quickly due to environmental conditions, and mosaic and glass tiles showed signs of degeneration.

Starting in the autumn of 2023, the two -year conservation project, which Vindi, aims to recover the unique features of the darkest, not only maintaining interior decorations but also on the architectural structures that support external facades, which are constantly exposed to weather conditions. One of the most important steps was the installation of a glass panel in Loggia overlooking Rome, a solution designed to protect the cave from the winds that have contributed over the centuries to the erosion of its most fragile materials.

In general, this restoration is in line with the previous Vendi initiatives, aimed at protecting and enhancing the country’s cultural heritage, and specifically appears its love for its roots.

In 2022, the Italian luxury house cooperated with the French Academy in Rome – Villa Midisi and with the support of the Mobiller National Agency, a French national service agency under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture, to renew six salons of reception in Villa Midisi. The French Academy in Rome-Villa Medici is located on Hill Pincio, at the bottom of which are the famous Spanish steps in the city.

Other projects in Fendi -backed Rome include the completion of the construction of the Venus and Rome Temple, and it is one of the most monuments in the Roman Empire, which was completed in 2021 thanks to the donation of 2.5 million euros by the fashion house, which for the first time pledged to care for business in 2019, when it is also held on its site on the site.

The company helped recover the Trevi fountain, starting in 2013 and was completed in 2015 – followed by the high -end fashion exhibition at the site in 2016.

The “Fendi for Fountains” project also included the restoration of a number of symbolic fountains in Rome including the four fountain complex, the Mostra Dell’acqua Paala, Fountains Del Mosè, Del Peschiera and Mostra Della Nuova.

In 2015, Fendi moved its headquarters to Palazzo Della Civiltà Italiana in the EUR region, and the building is restored for the floors and gradual throughout the year, open exhibitions for the public.