Federica at the SPAB’s Boxley Abbey Working Party

by GeM Award | Jun 16, 2019 | Federica Martinelli, Scholar Diaries

Federica has spent this week at Boxley Abbey in Kent, a former monastic site near Maidstone in Kent. The abbey is a remarkable survival and one of the most complete of the group of Cistercian abbeys which were established as daughter houses by larger monasteries....

Federica joins the SPAB Scotland Working Party in Lismore

by GeM Award | May 20, 2019 | Federica Martinelli, Scholar Diaries

Federica started her tour of the UK by joining the SPAB Scotland Working Party on the Inner Hebridian island of Lismore. During their time on the island Federica experienced experimental lime burning, and work will including repairs to a lime kiln, wall building,...

Federica visits Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull

by GeM Award | May 10, 2019 | Federica Martinelli, Scholar Diaries

Federica spent her second week in Scotland at the 13th century Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Federica, along with the SPAB Scholars, battled through the Scottish weather to help repoint one of the retaining walls and learn about the lime cycle and how to build a...

GeM Award Event at Villa Saraceno

by GeM Award | May 9, 2019 | Federica Martinelli, Giulia Pannochia, Scholar Diaries

A few snapshots of Giulia and Federica’s time at this year’s GeM event at Villa Saraceno and the Veneto.

Giulia’s time as a GeM Scholar

by GeM Award | Nov 30, 2018 | Giulia Pannochia, Scholar Diaries

As this experience draws to an end, I realise how lucky I am to have been part of it. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to start my GeM scholarship as a guest at Villa Saraceno, a Palladian villa of the mid-16th century in the Veneto, and I am currently...