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Changing room symbol of departure together with Venice and New York

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Camerino together with Venice and New York as a post-Covid departure destination, cited by "Il Giornale dell'arte, for the recovery of Bernini's work exhibited at the Venanzina Pennesi building, created by the artist in 1643 on commission from the municipality of Camerino There are also other works saved by the earthquake of Valentin de Boulogne, Tiepolo as well as the 'Giulia da Varano' by Dosso Dossi, brought home by the Carabinieri of the Tpc of Genoa 38 years after the theft. "An important element for the gradual recovery of the city's artistic heritage "says the magazine, showing Camerino as a place from which to start the rebirth through art, after the double emergency coronavirus and earthquake 2016. While Venice is described as a place that has built its greatness on art and New York as the city that never sleeps, where you can visit every type of museum, Camerino is "told" as the place where the rediscovered beauty of the artistic h...

Raphael killed by pneumonia aggravated by medical error

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Nipped by pneumonia aggravated by a medical error: it may seem like a news story linked to Covid-19, and instead it is the latest reconstruction of the mysterious death of Raffaello Sanzio, elaborated 500 years later by the experts of the University of Milan- Bicocca. Their analysis, based on direct and indirect testimonies of the time, leads to excluding malaria, typhoid and syphilis as causes of death, going so far as to point the finger at the practice of bloodletting that would further weaken the Divine painter already tried by fever. The results are published in Internal and Emergency Medicine, the journal of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (Simi).     To find a solution to the mystery of Raphael's death, the researchers compared the information contained in Vasari's 'Lives' with testimonies of historical figures coeval with the painter and present in Rome at that time, such as that of Alfonso Paolucci, ambassador of the duke of Ferrara Alfonso I d'Est...