FLORENCE NEWS
Florence Baptistery has a new North Door
600-year-old technique applied to modern replica
The faithfully executed replica of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s original North Door of Florence Baptistery has been completed by craftsmen adopting the same techniques used 600 years ago.
The numbers: 6 months of research, 4 years of work, 15 people employed full-time, 350 hours of chiselling for each one of the 28 panels, 3.5 tons of bronze, 15 tons of heat-resistant materials, 440 kilos of wax to make the moulds and 1 ton of silicone to make the casts of the panels and friezes on the frame.
The North Door replica, which replaces the original, was presented to the public on January 23, 2016. Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, Florence mayor Dario Nardella, president of the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, Franco Lucchesi, the president of the Guild of the Dome Association, Enrico Marinelli, together with the founding members of the association, attended the ceremony
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