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The Santa Maria de Fiore museum shows the southern door of the baptistery

Florence (Italy), Dec 6 (EFE-EPA) .- Florence recovered one of its most precious jewels, the southern door of the cathedral baptistery, forged in gold and bronze 7 centuries ago by Andrea Pisano, which already looks restored.(CAMERA: Jorge Ortiz) FOOTAGE OF THE MUSEUM.STATEMENTS BY MARCO CIATTI, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE OPPORTUNITY OF HARD STONES OF FLORENCE.Translation: "This is the first of the three large bronze doors that decorate the baptistery of San Juan de Florencia. It was the first one made in chronological order and was a technological prodigy for those years because of its combination of bronze achieved with the technology of the time. Which would still be difficult today." Translation 2: "The importance of the door is that no one in Europe at that time was able to perform a job of this kind given with that and quality." STATEMENTS FROM TIMOTHY VERDON, DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM.Translation: "The most modern of the doors was completed in 1452, the year of Leonardo Da Vinci's birth. The style of these ran through the entire Renaissance, from its dawn in the days of Giotto to its fullness. For this reason, Art History students can appreciate the entire Renaissance in a single wall of the Duomo museum."