Restorers return La Scala's coloured facade to former glory-in baby blue and pink

"We noticed flakes of unstuck paint on the street below the neo-Classical facade that were coloured blueish-grey on their undersides."

"It is a baby blue verging on grey. We used a lime-based paint that will slightly lighten with time," said restoration leader Pasquale Francesco Mariani Orlandi.

"The project has been completed in time for the opening night of the season at La Scala, a highlight of Italy's cultural calendar."

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