BBCNEWS The Travel Show June 4, 2024 02:42:00
Of a pandemic. it's not yet reopened to the public during my visit, but i'm getting an early preview as it gets its finishing touches. inside it's been faithfully restored, bringing things like the ornate ceiling paintings back to their former glory. so what condition where they in when you came in? were theyjust very dirty? yeah — you weren't able to pick out the figurative details and the varnish deteriorated significantly, so they were brown and yellow in colour. how on earth did you get up and do it? because i'm imagining michelangelo lying on the back. we have an amazing birdcage scaffo...