Originally, the church members believed the painting was a 19th century copy of the Botticelli original. Tests done by the Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France, including ...

We accidentally discovered a 500-year-old church in rural France—and it’s completely abandoned, yet filled with original medieval art. Built in 1549 and untouched for over 50 years, the church ...

The original by the hand of Botticelli himself ... de Restauration des Musées de France on the once-inconspicuous church painting used binocular microscopy, micro-sampling, and X-ray analysis ...

The painting was a recent acquisition by the ... The kneelers were constructed from the altar rail of the original church. The shrine was blessed by the Rev. J. Stephen Vallelonga in 2024 and ...

These paintings, of cherubs and festoons ... one of many renovations and redecorations the church has gone through over the years, but that the original décor was elaborate.

the saintly bishop who established this church in the 9th century, above the side altars. “We also recreated the painting of St George on the wall above the main entrance as the original mural ...