TIRANA, July 8 /ATA/ –By I. Vata/ – The National Cultural Heritage experts have restored the Unification of the Albanian Principalities as the mural at the National History Museum in Tirana was seriously damaged due to the devastating earthquake that hit Albania on Nov 26 last year.
Specialists of the Works of Art sector at the National Institute of Cultural Heritage have been carrying out conservation and restoration work to repair the Unification of Albanian principalities mural in the medieval pavilion of the National History Museum.
“The 2.45 m wide and 7.95 m long mural was painted by Fatmir Haxhiu in 1981 and it was damaged by the Nov 26 earthquake. The painting suffered two significant vertical cracks on both sides, as well as horizontal cracks of other damages at the center,” the Institute said in a release.
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