Le Anime Sante
The story of the restoration of the Church of Santa Maria del Suffragio, known as the Church of the Anime Sante
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The Church of Santa Maria del Suffragio was built in memory of the victims of the 1703 earthquake.
The work went on for over a century but the people immediately named it Anime Sante.
The 2009 earthquake hit it hard, and the images of its dome collapsing on live television have become one of the most dramatic images of that disaster.
Ten years later, the documentary “Le Anime Sante” recounts one of the most careful and complex recovery and restoration sites among those that are rebuilding the city of L’Aquila. An important and special construction site because of the symbol that the Anime Sante has always represented and made possible by the collaboration between Italian and French schools of restoration, by the skill of the workers working on the site and the equal commitment of Italy and France.
Written by
Marco Zaccarelli
Director
Luca Cococcetta
Music
Giancarlo Tiboni
Voice off
Antonella Cocciante
Audio mix
Federico Martusciello
Operators
Luca Cusella
Giovanni Sfarra
Matteo De Santis
Crane operator
Peppe Tonelli
Aerial shots
Donatello Ricci, Giovanni Sfarra
Made with the contribution of
Fratelli Navarra srl
Italiana Costruzioni spa
thanks
Christian Masset
Ambassador of France to Italy
and the Embassy’s Press and Communication Office
City of L’Aquila
Abruzzo Regional Secretariat – Regional Directorate for BB.CC and Landscape of Abruzzo
arch. Stefano D’Amico
Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la Città dell’Aquila e i Comuni del Cratere
Archivio di Stato dell’Aquila
Arcidiocesi Metropolitana dell’Aquila
Ufficio Arte Sacra e Beni Ecclesiastici dell’Arcidiocesi Metropolitana dell’Aquila
Parrocchia di Santa Maria del Suffragio Anime Sante
don Daniele Pinton
Corpo Nazionale Vigili del Fuoco
