Caput Mundi: Villa Borghese - Piazzale Scipione Borghese: restoration and completion of missing parts of the sculptures

Caput Mundi Next Generation EU for touristic great events (Mission 1, Component 3, Investment 4.3)

Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan increases the number of accessible tourist sites in Rome, creating valid and qualified tourist and cultural alternatives with respect to the crowded central areas, as well as increasing the use of digital technologies, enhance green areas and the sustainability of tourism. The investment envisages six lines of interventions:
1. “Roman Cultural Heritage for EU-Next Generation”, covering the regeneration and restoration of cultural and urban heritage and complexes of high historical-architectural value of the city of Rome;
2. “Jubilee paths” (from pagan to Christian Rome), targeted to the enhancement, safety, anti-seismic consolidation, restoration of places and buildings of historical interest and archaeological pathways;
3. #LaCittàCondivisa, covering the redevelopment of sites in peripheral areas;
4. #Mitingodiverde, covering interventions on parks, historical gardens, villas and fountains;
5. #Roma 4.0, covering the digitalization of cultural services and the development of apps for tourists;
6. #Amanotesa, aimed at increasing the supply of cultural offer to peripheries for social integration.

The investment is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility by EUR 500 million and includes this project.
The project will involve the restoration, cleaning, and completion of missing parts of existing statues, herms, and furnishings in the square. Additionally, copies of lost sculptures will be reproduced, specifically the statue of Venus and the statue on the north-western corner's base. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 274000. The project activities include: restoration, cleaning, and completion of missing parts of statues, herms, and furnishings: restoration and cleaning will be carried out to return the statues, herms, and furnishings in the square to their original beauty. The missing parts will be completed using techniques and materials compatible with the original work;
reproduction of copies of sculptures that have been lost: copies of sculptures that have been lost over the years will be made. In particular, the statue of Venus and the existing statue on the base in the north-western corner of the square will be reproduced from scratch.