RENAISSANCE STORY
Aug 05, 2021
2 minutes
WORDS JULIET BENNING
PHOTOS
MONICA SPEZIA/LIVING INSIDE
Stripping back the layers of an old building during a renovation can often seem like a kind of archaeology. In the case of Francesca Barbera and Luigi Piatti’s newly acquired 17th-century apartment in Mantua, the hidden treasures were in the walls.
‘We looked at plenty of great apartments and while this one had an attractive exterior the
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