Restore — the preservation mission
What does it mean to restore?
Restore a wall.
Preserve generations of craftsmanship.
Restore a fresco.
Allow another generation to stand before it.
Restore a room.
Create a place where someone can find silence.
Restore a craft.
Give a Maestro an apprentice.
Restore a song.
Allow another generation to sing it.
Restore a recipe.
Keep a family's knowledge alive.
Restore a connection.
Bring a Padulese family home.
Restore opportunity.
Give a young person another possibility.
Restore silence.
Give someone somewhere to hear again.
Restoration is not about returning to the past. It is about making sure what matters has a future.
Restore the place.
Renew the person.
Revitalize the community.
Preservation transparency
Demo data — not approved workEvery future project will be published with its historic significance, current condition, proposed intervention, responsible professional, cost, funds raised and remaining, timeline, status, photographs and dated updates. Conceptual renderings are always labelled as such.
Roof and structural envelope
Nothing inside can be preserved while water enters.
€140,000
Under discussion
Church interior and decorative surfaces
Plaster, altars and painted surfaces conserved by qualified restorers.
€90,000
Under discussion
Guest quarters and accessibility
Simple rooms, and access for those who could not otherwise enter.
€70,000
Under discussion
Conceptual visualisations are marked CONCEPT VISUALIZATION — NOT APPROVED WORK. No restoration begins without the approval of the responsible authorities and the Franciscan community.