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Forgotten under ground 70 years,:
In 2014. For example, after spending almost 70 years buried under the ground, a statue resurfaces at the Domaine de la Flotte, in Bazas en Gironde. Moreover, Since December 2024, the restaurateur Tiziana Mazzoni has revived her, fragment by fragment, with patience and passion. Moreover, A damaged work, marked by humidity, looting, oblivion … Meanwhile, but never abandoned. Moreover, As the Heritage Days approaches, this unique piece, with a very particular history, is preparing to meet the audience again.
A rediscovery steeped in history – Forgotten under ground 70 years,
It was at the heart of an area that has become a desert. For example, formerly owned by the Bazas forgotten under ground 70 years, religious school, that it all begins. The statue rested there, buried, overturned, abandoned. Marie-Bernadette Dulau. deputy mayor in charge of culture and heritage in Bazas, remembers: « There were looting, kids dragged there, and she was overthrown. It’s a miracle to have found it ». When it is finally extracted in 2014. the stone is covered with earth, plagued by foam, marked by seven decades of humidity. It is a damaged, almost unrecognizable piece that emerges.
Meticulous catering work
It was not until December 2024 that a concrete restoration project for the forgotten under ground 70 years, day. It is Tiziana Mazzoni who agrees to take up the challenge. She cleans Pierre after Pierre. using a surprisingly familiar material: “I use lime water, since it is a limestone, it is already part of the statue, it will therefore be able to fill the gaps created by porosity”, she explains. A way of Treat the stone without betraying itto respect the work as it is.
No head for the baby: an assumed choice
The statue represents the Virgin Mary accompanied by a baby … but headless. A striking absence that Tiziana refuses to fulfill artificially: “We are not going to replace since we do not. know how was the statue at its peakall the impacts as well as the shortcomings are part of the history of the work. If we replace the baby’s head or the other details that are missing, we risk falsification. »»
After months of care. the long -awaited moment of the assembly of the fragments found at his side in 2014, then the final putty to fill the last gaps. The statue, although oncoming, will find its place in the Bazadais heritage. Its presentation is scheduled for September 21, during heritage day, just after mass.
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Further reading: Montauban. “Art at all costs” at the Blandine Roques gallery – From New Zealand to the south of France, this wood sculptor has chosen to set up his workshop in Carcassonne – A selection of photo books – The Royal Academy of Arts in England: a photo of Maurice among the 1,700 works on display – Exhibit your shots at the Paris Montparnasse Observatory.
