The exhibition “Arte Ritrovata” (Recovered Arts) opened on June 9 and will run through July 3 at the Museo Storico dell’Arma: it will include all masterpieces and archaeological finds that have been recovered by the Italian military police Carabinieri, focusing on artistic heritage protection. General commander of the Carabinieri Tullio Del Sette stated that these pieces of arts are only a small part of what they have recovered and that another, more complete exhibition will soon be held in the capital.
The letter with which Columbus announced the discovery of the ‘New World’ to the Spanish royal family, stolen from Florence’s Biblioteca Riccardiana and given back a few weeks ago by US authorities is only one of the many important pieces included in the Arte Ritrovata exhibition. Others include a Canaletto and a funerary stele from excavations in Palmyra, which was found in the home of a Padua resident involved in money laundering towards countries in the East.
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