
Crushed in an Earthquake, Shattered 15th-Century Cross Restored in Time for Easter
One of the Benedictine abbey’s artworks, a crucifix painted by Nicola di Ulisse da Siena around 1472, was shattered into at least 30 pieces in the rubble.
One of the Benedictine abbey’s artworks, a crucifix painted by Nicola di Ulisse da Siena around 1472, was shattered into at least 30 pieces in the rubble.
The town's co-cathedral was also almost flattened in the latest earthquake, the third major tremor to hit the region since August.
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