Restoration of Santa Reparata church floor, Florence Cathedral

An extraordinary testament to ancient Florentia has been restored to its former glory thanks to a painstaking restoration project. The multicoloured mosaic floor of the Church of Santa Reparata in Florence Cathedral dates to the early Christian era and displays a magnificent peacock, a Christian symbol of the resurrection, and an epigraph with the names of 14 donors of the mosaic. The restoration took 18 months to complete and was conducted by restorers of Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, the institution tha