On September 21st, at the end of the restoration work that began in January 2020 and ended in June 2021, Palazzo Orsini hosted a Press Conference – attended by more than 50 journalists – followed by a Luncheon in honor of the Giulio and Giovanna Sacchetti Onlus Foundation, which has been working for years to bring to light the beauty of our artistic heritage, and whose contribution to the “rebirth” of Casa Litta has been fundamental.
Present, among others, His Reverend Eminence Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, SE Dominique de la ROCHEFOUCAULD-MONTBEL, Grand Hospitaller of the Order and SE the Ven. Bailiff Fra’ John E. CRITIEN, Conservator of the Art Collections of the Order.
“I am delighted to have participated in the recovery of this Palace that is also part of my historical memory, having frequented it during the years when it was inhabited by Valeria Litta. The Foundation’s mission is, as always, to return to the public important works of Italian heritage of historical and artistic value,” says Giovanna Sacchetti, President of the Giulio and Giovanna Sacchetti Onlus Foundation.
“We are really very grateful to the Foundation and to its President, Marchesa Giovanna Sacchetti, for believing in our project and allowing us to carry it out even during the period of the pandemic, which made much more difficult the works and the collection of funds necessary for the complex operation of restoration and recovery of Casa Litta-Palazzo Orsini. With great generosity, the Sacchetti Foundation has fully supported the restoration of the works of art and the remaking of the silk wall hangings, woven in San Leucio on the original eighteenth-century designs,” declared Antonio Zanardi Landi, Ambassador of the Order of Malta to the Holy See.
The project involved the restoration of the frescoed fascia of the Green Room, the coffered ceilings of the Green Room and the Yellow Room, the conservative restoration of the tapestries, among the most important pieces of the house’s heritage, the replacement of the silk wall hangings of the two main halls with new upholstery, and the restoration of some elements of the furniture.
