The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-02
Remarkable Work in
Protecting Art Works
Of Italy From VandaIs

ROME. March i.--(CorresanndHnc" q;
r,.s Associated Press -Thc most con-
7,:c,c effort To protect works 81 ar; IRON!
damage ans, destruction IN" world has
oyer seen 81 !, Is stated. has jus; mem
finished rs t:ai:'S th.plrnr":' ~ IA
-jcu,.s and tiuc Arts. the ncal OF which
: tocraI:n ,itl"Ci.
Ths 4,>,a;!on r,.,.S q y" AU$trlanS II
the early PAX 81 III" var pr";"d :"
harmful ,aa; II, c:f"r; mas MT hc"n
limited - emitting aud, -EcuunI nr ~
bomb proc: St"r"nnuS"S Italy treasures
Il calnt:nS< AMI sculptures hui. u has
also been attempted To protect catncd-
:aiS. palaces and museums IN every oitE
If Italy by erecting bomb proof stru'-
lures above or outside the finer portions
G; such buildings.
II is estimated .ha, no less han a
million sacks Of sand have been used in
mis- work and ;hat ~" l,Ss than zen
thousand temporary wooden Tram"
structures .: every $40 ha"" been erect
rd in the various cities and districts
whe-e necessary.
Ii is Also stated that N" deliberate
horrhard,n, or Ia" Church @ s. Anthony
at PaGua, for hundreds 90 years N""rf
<rr Catholics ;hrou Eh"ut The world tends
10 prove how i.iti.. viii b.. In, '"nSid'r-
alton shown 70 s.. Peters church ami
,n. Vatican 2alaca. N E"H:' whcE"
dwel,s I'cpc Eenedict. Sh":Ild Austrian
aviatprs succeed in r"achlnc Rome
So far thcre has been Il" "n"rt. E"w-
ever by tho FOpe or The rulers OF the
Vatican e protect III" Slst:rr chapel or
any other - the Vatican museums filled
with many Of ;hc worlds most NaI"inIc
paintings. frcscoss. broczcs' and sculp-
lures.
MARI Of Eonlc's treasures on the Cap
;,r.inc H;,l and c:S"wher" hav" been
shielded or stored in bomb proof loca-
tiorS either IN Rome ,tScl:. ny III Sc
cr., places II, ;&a S",'th ~ Italy as has
been the cas-. with many Of the works OF
art Of North Italy. The vast protcct!f
work undertaken IN Venice tire" years
ago by Ucu Oj";ti has been practically
duplicated all over Italy.
The wall painting OF the LAS Sup
yer" bv Leonardo III Einci in the church
OF Our Lady OF Grace. st Milan. more
famous even the painting on the subject
hr RcSclli in the S:Stine chapel OF the
Vatican. both Of which paintings nave
been widely produced throughout inc
world has been protected in the most
careful manner
/, is not argued tina; high EXPLOSIVE
would no: iujurt :Ac painting. n View ~
sad experiences elsewhere. but T. is be-
ii.ved thu. painting w"uld hc protected
from light bombs Or ORES falling midi
rc:tiy.
The trea;nsa; .: this painting Is typ
ir;i Of what has h""n don" II hundreds
Of cases at ra,lua II Verona. AZ E"l"Sur
u, tiar.nr". a; ka,vHnna and "!$"wh"rc
with treasures whose names haH" been
household words. Many hr"nZ" or mar
bic statues tav" simply been covered up
AS with nc gigantic uII-hi" David OF
Michael Angelo in n" Academy ya!lcrE
Mt Florence. AZ kaveUna and elsewhere.
Trajan a, Aur"n1. on ~" NdrIa'ic sea.
An arch snric - feet high.
To procscc III" mosaic work preserved
in the tomb Of ,iln Roman Empress Gala
l.;;,cic!a n ttaN"ilaa. a Kew building was
placed about III. comb 50 ,Gat nov the
tomb = 4 building within building.
rrhs famous "AsSuurtiou" by CnTr"GE'o.
painted on ;i!c ceiling % IN" dome Of the
Cathedral a. Parma has heen secured
frcm danger. i is Thought. by the ar