Cave Michelangelo
There is only one marble quarry that occasionally yields blocs of such titanic dimensions, - the Cave Michelangelo. Already in Ancient Rome this marble was used for many of the major monuments, such as the Trajan Column, the arches of Settimo Severo and Tito, the Apollo Palatino and many others. And it was also here that Michelangelo personally selected the blocs and directly processed them for his most important works (such as the Piétà or the grave of Julius II).
The Cava Bernini section of the Cave Michelangelo three years ago with the position (x) of the future bloc for the Coat of Peace.
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Birth of the Block
December 24, 2005
The bloc is born, and nature has given him miracolously the shape of the future COAT OF PEACE.
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The Baptism
January 9, 2006
Anna Chromy takes possession of the bloc. He is baptized with French champagne by the Bishop of Massa - Carrara in the presence of Franco Barattini, owner of Cave Michelangelo and Wolf Stein, President Chromy Foundation
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