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Tue 23 Jan, 2007 03:32 pm
I'm feeling fairly conservative about this plan, wish they'd just buy a nearby building -
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2550991,00.html
The Times January 17, 2007
A controversial rebirth for Renaissance treasure house
Richard Owen in Rome
I used to know a fair bit about the buildings around the piazza Signoria back when I was a piazza crazed woman.. but I have a memory like a sieve sometimes. I suppose they would be virtually priceless even if they were for sale. But... that remod is not inexpensive. I suppose it needs some fix up anyway, but I don't like losing Vasari's vault, that church, or the level of risk...
I used to know a fair bit about the buildings around the piazza Signoria back when I was a piazza crazed woman (besides the palazzo Vecchio I mean).. but I have a memory like a sieve sometimes. I suppose they would be virtually priceless even if they were for sale. But... that remod is not inexpensive. I suppose it needs some fix up anyway, but I don't like losing Vasari's vault, that church, or the level of risk...
I was there not too long ago and can't even contemplate those renovations! I must tell my husband and see what his thoughts are...
It is such a grand edifice.
Aaaack, I was so upset I double posted!
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