archatlas:Manica Lunga Restoration Michele De Lucchi Brought to its final configuration by Giovanni
archatlas:Manica Lunga Restoration Michele De Lucchi Brought to its final configuration by Giovanni Buora at the end of the fifteenth century, the Long Wing is an extraordinary space. In the course of time it has housed monks’ cells, army accommodation, public dormitories, and classrooms. Adapted to contain part of the Cini Foundation’s History of Art library, this hanging gallery is 128 metres long and occupies the north west portion of the ex-Benedictine monastery. Both sides of its wide corridor were formerly occupied by fifty-six individual cells. The restoration project, resulting from a competition held in 2005, clads the walls of the main hall with a double row of open metal shelving capable of containing about 100,000 catalogued volumes in 1400 straight metres of shelves. Read More -- source link