The glue was used during an earlier, botched restoration attempt and had left the ceiling of Valencia’s Saints Johns Church pitted with dark spots. A mother and daughter team — the mom is an art restorer, and the daughter is a microbiologist — are getting the glue off and restoring an iconic ceiling nearly lost to fire some 90 years ago. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Valencia, Spain.
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