Conservation efforts have been underway since the Seventies

£13 million voted by the government has yet to arrive: most of the restoration has so far been paid for by public donation. Alberto Ronchey, Minister for Culture, has declared his aim to see thirty new rooms created within three years in former storage space, tripling the size of the Uffizi

Britain’s Foreign Office to support reconstruction of church bombed by Allies

The official position of the Russian Orthodox Church, as explained by its spokesman

It was previously believed that the statue was a copy

Florence's soprintendente has described the proposal as “blackmail”

The structure that replaced the wooden support has caused the 13th century Madonna to rupture

What is the point of restoring modern art? Is it reasonable to treat a Rauschenberg as if it were a Leonardo?

Imperial cathedral needs DM40 million after further damage was found to the building and its furnishings

Raphael’s “Madonna of the Pinks” has now been firmly reattributed after cleaning

To resurrect or not to resurrect Dresden’s Frauenkirche, which has been left in ruins as a slowly decaying war memorial

City officials are debating what to do with the Neo-Classical civic monument, which experts consider to be one of Europe's finest buildings