Premier Giorgia Meloni's office said
Friday that Italy is going to contribute to the effort to
restore Odesa Cathedral after it was hit by Russian bombs.
"On the night of 23 July, Russian bombings severely damaged a
building that is a symbol of Odesa's and Ukraine's cultural and
religious history: the great Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral,
first built in 1794 and reconstructed in 2005 after being
destroyed by the USSR in 1936," the government said in a
statement.
"To also mark the long and very rich history of exchanges
between Odesa and Italian culture, which led to Italian
architects designing the city's plan and most iconic buildings
at the end of the 18th century, the Italian Government has
involved two of Italy's most authoritative cultural
institutions, the Milan Triennale and the MAXXI museum in Rome,
in order to gather the best economic, technical and cultural
resources able to contribute to the restoration of the
Transfiguration Cathedral".
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