Article 5WY2D Florence tomb by Michelangelo restored with aid of bacteria

Florence tomb by Michelangelo restored with aid of bacteria

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Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Scientists resort to unconventional solution to problem of centuries of dirt on Medici family monument

A Medici family chapel created by Michelangelo that was cleaned with the help of bacteria has been presented to the public to mark the 545th anniversary of the Renaissance master's birth.

Michelangelo was commissioned to sculpt the New Sacristy, in the Medici chapels in San Lorenzo church in Florence, in 1520.

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