Fountains and artistic furniture. Restoration of the Fountain of Diana and Endymion and the Fountains of the Central Sector

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 restoration of ten fountains in the Villa’s central sector will focus on structural stabilization, cleaning, removal of deposits and invasive plants, plaster reinforcement, metal treatment, sculpture repair, aesthetic restoration, protective coatings, and waterproofing of tanks. This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 447000. The group of ten fountains included in this intervention belongs to the central sector of the Villa and comprises the Fountain of Diana and Endymion, Fountain with lion protomes and acanthus leaves, Tritoncini Fountain (small tritons), Rustic Fountain in the Exedra of the Months, Oval Fountain, Semicircular Wall Fountain, Water Chain, Small Rustic Fountain, and Large Rustic Fountain. The restoration activities will include securing unstable areas, chemical and mechanical surface cleaning, removal of limestone concretions, disinfection and eradication of invasive vegetation, reinforcement, testing, and integration of plaster, treatment of oxidized metal components, reconstruction of sculptural sections and lost physiognomic details, aesthetic refurbishment, application of protective coatings, and completion of waterproofing for the tanks.