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Annibale Carracci's frescoed ceiling in Rome's Palazzo Farnese - home of the French Embassy - is to be restored, it has been announced.

Thought to be one of the most influential Renaissance commissions in Italy, the project is expected to cost 1m Euros (£870,000).

It is being funded by the World Monuments Fund, the French Embassy in Italy and the Fondation de l'Orangerie pour la Philan­thropie Individuelle.