The conservative restoration works at the Roman Villa of Patti Marina will begin on Monday 16 February. The intervention, financed with budget funds from the Archaeological Park of Tindari for a net amount of 25,350 euros, was entrusted to the company “Traart Restauri” of Gangi.
The restoration project
The operation will focus primarily on the mosaic surface of the courtyard/garden, with particular attention to the portion depicting Dionysus. These are environments that had not received restoration work since the site was discovered in the 1970s. The main objective is the re-establishment of the cohesion of the tiles and the application of a surface protection with a brush, necessary to slow down the degradation of the mosaics.
Management of the works
The handover of the area has already taken place in recent days, following preliminary surveys and investigations. The director of the Park, the architect Giuseppe Natoli, will hold the role of director of the works and sole responsibility for the procedure. The design team is made up of Natoli himself, the archaeologist Pietro Coppolino, the assistant restorers Fabio Torre, Eleonora Giordano and Maria Grazia Murabito, with the graphic processing handled by Giovanni Manera