Progetto di restauro della fontana del chiostro dei SS. Quattro Coronati a Roma

The fountain, created by A. Muñoz in 1913-14 in the cloister he restored, using two 12th-century circular basins adorned with animal protomes, reveals evident traces of a complex historical journey. The 2004 restoration is part of a project involving the whole cloister, on which its historical and artistic recognition has been based. This implies that Muñoz’s intervention not only restored organic unity to the cloister but also represents an important chapter in the history of restoration. The final objective must therefore be that of preserving even the minutest traces of the cloister’s vicissitudes over time including the significant events of the last century, without however renouncing essential modifications to reduce or prevent damage, as well as enhance ‘presentation’. These intentions also underline the restoration of the fountain, for which it was decided not to accentuate the autonomous value of the spolia, maintaining the marks of time including those from Muñoz’s intervention.