Vittoria Alata restoration funded by Art Bonus in Brescia

Three Brescia-based companies—Camozzi Group, Ori Martin, and Antares Vision—have collectively donated 500,000 euros toward the restoration of the Vittoria Alata, a 195 cm bronze sculpture from circa 250 BC, through Italy's Art Bonus tax credit program. The total restoration budget is 800,000 euros, and additional private funding is being sought, with Fondazione Cab considering support. The sculpture, housed at the Museo di Santa Giulia, is under the care of archaeologist Francesca Morandini and technicians from the Opificio delle pietre dure di Florence for physicochemical diagnostics. A public tender for the practical phase will launch in September 2017, involving disassembly, removal of the 19th-century support, creation of a new mount, and an innovative display system. The statue will be re-installed in the Capitolium, the Roman temple in Piazza del Foro where it was originally discovered in July 1826, alongside other bronze artifacts hidden during the late Roman Empire. The restoration is coordinated by Fondazione Brescia Musei, chaired by Massimo Minini.