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Recreation of the Colossus of Constantine installed in Rome
Factum Foundation’s 12m-tall recreation of the Colossus of Constantine, previously on display at Fondazione Prada, is now installed inside the garden of Villa Caffarelli, in Rome. This project is the...
Two facsimiles of sculptures by Diego de Pesquera donated to the Convent of Madre de Dios in Seville
Created in 1575 by Diego de Pesquera (1530-1587), the two praying sculptures depict Doña Juana de Zúñiga and Catalina Cortés, respectively spouse and daughter of Hernán Cortés. They are located...
Protecting sacred spaces
A team from University of Calabar and the National Museum Calabar have just finished a nine-day period of preservation works at Etinghi Nta monolith site. As a temporary measure, a...
The Sacred Cave of Kamukuwaká is returning home
Providing access to both a cultural and natural heritage is a key feature of Factum’s collaboration with People’s Palace Projects to return a restored facsimile of the sacred cave of...
The Arabic Kiln in Úbeda. The poetic transformation of fire and earth
For over a year, Factum Foundation worked with Melchor Tito Sr. and Melchor Tito Jr., a family of potters, on a project to revive a traditional ceramic Arabic kiln in...
Recording Christoffel Jegher’s woodblocks at the Museum Plantin-Moretus
Factum Foundation is currently collaborating with the Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp to record the series of woodblocks cut by the Flemish artist Christoffel Jegher to illustrate the treatise Historia naturae, maxime peregrinae...
Installation of a Selene System in the Princeton University Library
In August 2023, Jorge Cano and Carlos San Juan completed the installation of a Selene Photometric Stereo System inside the Princeton University Library. This pioneering recording system developed by Jorge...
Goya’s copper plates at the CalcografÃa Nacional
In October 2023, a team from Factum Foundation recorded a selection of original printing plates by Francisco de Goya at the Calcografía Nacional, advancing a project that was attempted 25...
ARCHiVe Online Academy Talk: ‘Across the planet. The Past and the Future of Libraries’
On September 14th Cristina Dondi, who leads the 15cBOOKTRADE project at the University of Oxford, presented her research on the lost Benedictine Library that was once part of the monastery...
Recording a ship’s globe at Utrecht’s Centraal Museum
In November 2023, a team from Factum Foundation worked with Utrecht’s Centraal Museum to record the ‘Scheepsglobe’ (ship’s globe). Over two days, Pedro Miró and Jorge Cano recorded the globe...
Digitising books in the Museum de Lakenhal Collection
Funded by Metamorfoze, Museum De Lakenhal started a research project to explore how a collection of 33 books of black woollen cloth sample can be safely digitised in their current,...
The epigraphic fragments of Teruel
More than 100 years after their discovery, high-resolution 3D reproductions of the so-called ‘Peñalba pieces’ will be made accessible to the residents of Villastar (Spain) and the visitors of the...
Disasters of war: recording ‘Gassed’ by John Singer Sargent
In May 2023, the Imperial War Museum reached out to Factum Foundation to carry out the high-resolution recording of Gassed by John Singer Sargent, considered one of the most important war-related...
Meri-Toppila Neighbours Engage in Community Workshop for Neighbourhood Development
Oulu’s Meri-Toppila district is gearing up for an exciting community event that promises to shape its future. The “Neapurit” meetings are scheduled for Saturday, September 2nd, from 1:00 p.m. to...
Raising the temperature of the debate surrounding the future of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
For the first time, a national newspaper (read the article) has been clear and direct about the shameful state of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry and the reluctance of both Tower...
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