ROME - In Rome, the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia is hosting until 9 July the exhibition "Felice Barnabei.
Centum Deinde Centum. At the roots of national archeology", dedicated to the founder of the Museum.
The exhibition is part of the many cultural initiatives organized for the celebrations of the centenary of the death of Barnabei on 29 October 1922.
Curated by Maria Paola Guidobaldi, Valentino Nizzo and Antonietta Simonelli, the exhibition is a story of the articulated private and institutional story of Felice Barnabei, full of successes but also of battles and disappointments, in which the personal story of a cultured man common is intertwined with the history of our nation.
It is a tribute to the archaeologist and politician Barnabei, who in 1889 founded the National Roman and Etruscan Museums of Villa Giulia, and to his exploits, among all the promotion of modern Italian laws for the protection of cultural heritage.
The exhibition is organized by the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia with the patronage of the municipality of Castelli, in the province of Teramo, where Felice Barnabei was born,
In addition to the exhibition, the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia also presents the renovated Etruscan-Italic Temple of Alatri, an architectural jewel and monument to memory and teaching.
Built at the end of the 19th century, the Temple is considered one of the first and futuristic examples of an open air museum in the world;
its restoration, which lasted two years and was completed 50 years after the previous intervention, brought to light its exceptional sculptural decorations and architectural scores.
«From the restoration, consolidation and seismic invulnerability works, the result of the synergy of many human and financial resources - commented the architect Angela Laganà, head of the Technical Office - other elements have emerged that require our interventions such as the underground ducts.
We are now working on making the temple accessible and turning it into a Temple Machine."
This is the name given to the new technological innovation project, financed by LazioInnova and the Lazio Region, which is expected to open in 2025. "It's a great challenge - comments the archaeologist Saverio Giulio Malatesta, head of DigiLab, the digital design and technologies for Cultural Heritage at La Sapienza in Rome - we want to ferry the temple towards the future thanks to this new project, which will be transformed into an immersive digital space in which to live the multisensory experience of storytelling.
It will host a video projection system, which will involve the visitor and connect him to the territory through the story.
There will be no need for viewers but the storytelling will make the difference - concludes Malatesta -.
Alatri and the park of Vulci are also involved in the project.
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