ITALY: ST FRANCIS' BASILICA IN ASSIS IS ABOUT TO REOPEN

Record ID: 990602

  • Title: ITALY: ST FRANCIS' BASILICA IN ASSIS IS ABOUT TO REOPEN
  • Date: 27th November 1999
  • Summary: ASSISI, ITALY (NOVEMBER 27, 1999) ( REUTERS) 1. SLV PEOPLE WORKING UNDERNEATH THE BASILICA 0.09 2. LAS EXTERIORS OF BASILICA AS BELLS RING (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. SLV NTERIOR OF THE UPPER BASILICA, THE PART THAT IS BEING REOPENED ON SUNDAY 0.24 4. SCU PARTS OF FRESCO THAT WERE LEFT WHITE AFTER BEING DAMAGED ABOVE THE ENTRANCE (4 SHOTS) 0.47 5. SCU NUNS LOOKING AT FRESCO 0.51 6. SCU FRESCOS REPRESENTING ST RUFINO AND ST GITTORINO, WHICH HAVE BEEN RESTORED AND REINSERTED (2 SHOTS) 7. SOUNDBITE (Italian) PROFESSOR GIUSEPPE BASILE, RESTORER, SAYING: "We feared the Cimabue had collapsed and also all of the Giottos were damaged, dust and smoke were covering everything." 1.15 8. SLV INTERIORS OF THE BASILICA, ROOF OF THE BASILICA WITH SCAFFOLDING (5 SHOTS) 1.46 9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) PROFESSOR PAOLO ROCCHI, IN CHARGE OF STRENGTHENING THE STRUCTURE OF THE ROOF, SAYING: "This basilica is now resistant to earthquakes. To take it down earthquakes will have to deal with what we have done, which is everything that could be done to make it solid without changing its nature as an artwork." 2.07 10. SLV ROOF (2 SHOTS) 2.02 11. MV WORKMAN 2.26 12. SOUNDBITE (English) FATHER NICOLA, ONE OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE BASILICA, SAYING:" It is a gift for the people of Assisi, for Italians, a gift for all the world." 2.48 13. LAS/SLV EXTERIORS OF THE BASILICA (2 SHOTS) 2.58 ASSISI,ITALY (FILE - SEPTEMBER 26, 1997) (RTI - NO ACCESS ITALY) 14. SLV DUST GUSHING FROM DOORWAY OF BASILICA WHEN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK ZOOM OUT 3.06 ASSISI, ITALY (FILE SEPTEMBER 26, 1997) (REUTERS) 15. LAS TILT DOWN INTERIOR DAMAGED BASILICA COVERED IN DUST FIREMEN WORKING 3.16 16. LAS CEILING TILT DOWN TO FIREMEN WORKING INSIDE 3.29 ASSISI, ITALY (FILE - SEPTEMBER 27, 1997) (REUTERS) 17. SCU FIREMEN REMOVING DAMAGED FRESCOES FROM INSIDE BASILICA (3 SHOTS) 3.42 18. LAS CELING AND INTERIOR DAMAGED BASILICA (2 SHOTS) 3.51 ASSISI, ITALY (FILE - NOVEMBER 6, 1997) (REUTERS) 19. SCU RESTORATION WORKERS/SALVAGED PIECES OF FRESCOES (8 SHOTS) 4.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ASSISI, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVA338G6TOUEKHTOEJUQV6YZMQGF
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