Restorers save Giotto frescoes in Assisi's Chapel of the Magdalene

A restorer works on Giotto's frescoes in the chapel below the basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, in this screengrab taken from a December 16, 2020 video. Matteo Berlenga/REUTERS TV via REUTERS

ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) - They are using medical syringes in Assisi these day, but it has nothing to do with the pandemic. Restorers are using them to save priceless 700-year-old frescoes by Giotto.

They are almost finished with a year-long project to clean and consolidate the frescoes in the Chapel of the Magdalene in the lower basilica of St. Francis that houses the tomb of the 13th century saint.