"Adopt a work of art": Cascina Castlèt, a winery in Costigliole d'Asti, has "adopted" a work of art by the painter Giovanni Carlo Aliberti. Wine and art, two faces of the culture of a territory. The winemaker Mariuccia Borio financed the restoration of the large altarpiece depicting a Madonna with child and Saint Catherine of Alexandria allowing him to shine again in the future Sacred Art Museum.
Originally it was the altarpiece of the private chapel of the Borio family pra potra come back to life.
The noble initiative is part of the "Adopt a work of art" project of the Confraternita di San Gerolamo association, established in 1997 with the aim of recovering the cultural, historical and artistic heritage of Costigliole.
"Adopt a work of art" is the first initiative to safeguard the artistic treasure of the parish of Our Lady of Loreto: in addition to the painting by Cascina Castlèt, another 16 works of art have already been adopted. The project will be presented on Sunday 29 September, at 4 pm, in the Confraternity. This will be followed by a mass concelebrated by the parish priest Don Giuseppe Pilotto, also president of the association, by Msgr. Vittorio Croce, vicar general of the Diocese of Asti, by don Bruno Valente, former president of the association and by don Paolo Prunotto, from Costigliola, director of the diocesan office of Sacred Art, lover and historian of sacred art, today parish priest of Montechiaro d ' Asti. From 6 pm, an art itinerary with a guided tour to discover the works already "adopted" and restored.
Project presentation Sunday 29 September at 4 pm
Confraternity of San Gerolamo, Costigliole d'Asti
Photo:
Mariuccia Borio, wine grower, and Giuseppe Pilotto, parish priest, with the restored altarpiece
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