Summer Art Restoration Programs in Italy

Messors Cultural Heritage Conservation Workshops:
'Sinergie Art Restoration'- Servizi per i Beni Culturali is offering 3 week summer Art Restoration Workshops on Fresco, Wood Statue and Canvas, based in the rich cultural and historical setting of Altamura in Puglia (Apulia), a region in Southern Italy. Altamura is located in the province of Bari, 45 km / 27 miles south-west of Bari, close to the border with Basilicata. The Frescoes are part of the rupestrian settlements (underground habitations) located in the Alta Murgia area in the Puglia region. Wood Statue and Canvases are provided by local churches and private collections.

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Puglia Region on the Adriatic Sea in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples. Bari "Karol Wojtyła" Airport serves the city of Bari and the Puglia Region. The airport is approximately 8 km (5 miles) north-west of the city centre.

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Masseria La Selva:
Set an hour inland from the coast, Masseria La Selva was built in the mid 18th century as a hunting lodge for the Roman Orsini family.

The main floor houses a vast open kitchen, a sitting room with arched ceilings and stone fireplace, and a dining hall. On the second floor two wings expand east and west from the central music room, to the bedrooms, bathrooms, and warm antique filled maze of sitting rooms and den. There are 9 bedrooms all overlooking the back courtyard each furnished with two single beds.

Masseria La Selva is set on 200 hectares of private land of gentle hills. There are sheep, pigs, geese and cows on the property, and cheese is made in the adjacent building every morning.

Three home cooked meals are served daily. The meals created in the kitchen are typical of the Puglia region. The nearby town of Altamura is famous for its round loaves of crusty bread which will be a staple at your table along with family harvested olive oil. Breakfast will be laid out in the kitchen in the morning and sit down lunch and dinner will be served in the dining room or outside courtyard.

- Sleeps 18 double occupancy
- 4 bathrooms
- Pen drive internet available for internet and skype calls
- There is no TV

* All amenities are available in town ( pharmacy, grocery, stamps, medical, hygiene etc.