Fresco cycle found in Leopardi's House

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 11 - A major fresco cycle dating to the end of the 16th century and the start of the 17th has been found in the library of Casa Leopardi, the Marche home where Italy's greatest poet and philosopher after Dante, Giacomo Leopardi, grew up in the early 19th century, the Leopardi House said Thursday. The frescoes have been discovered during consolidation and restoration work on the library in the hilltown of Recanati near Macerata where the precocious genius poured over ancient...

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