Roman Emperor - Panoram Italia https://panoramitalia.com The most widely read publication aimed at Canada’s 1.5 million Italian-Canadians. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 02:01:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.10 https://panoramitalia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/favicon.ico Roman Emperor - Panoram Italia https://panoramitalia.com 32 32 PU used in reconstruction of giant statue of ancient Rome’s Emperor Constantine https://panoramitalia.com/pu-used-in-reconstruction-of-giant-statue-of-ancient-romes-emperor-constantine/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:01:10 +0000 https://panoramitalia.com/?p=7497 A 4th century statue of Emperor Constantine has been recreated for Rome’s Capitoline Museum.

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]]> Urethanes Technology – A 4th century statue of Emperor Constantine has been recreated for Rome’s Capitoline Museum. The 13m high colossus was reconstructed using materials including polyurethane and marble dust. Only a handful of marble fragments of the original statue remain, most of which are housed in the museum’s courtyard. The full-scale replica was created by the Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation, under the supervision of the museum’s superintendent of cultural heritage, and with funding from the Prada Foundation. 

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