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The extraordinary sanctuary offers a “fully private backyard paradise,” the listing states, complete with an al fresco kitchen, fire pit, and tranquil koi pond.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Both have pretty plants, chairs for al fresco dining - and one of the UK's busiest motorways.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Renata Pintus, who heads the masonry department at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence's famous restoration workshop, told AFP it had been a "privilege" to work on Giotto's famous fresco cycle.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

During warmer months, the patio offers an excellent spot for al fresco dining.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

With the passage of time, Alba filled not only one but all her bedroom walls with an immense fresco.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

“You can hear that these buildings carry the echoes of the lives they contained because of the frescoes, the mosaics, the furniture. You feel 2,000 years compress and collapse. It’s like magic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

From the scaffolding, restorers have been meticulously filling in damaged portions of the frescoes and conservatively layering paint over bare sections with delicate brushes, their hands protected by gloves.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

That project arguably reached its apotheosis in his 28 frescoes on the life of Francis that run along the nave of the upper church in Assisi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

In groups of twenty or thirty, tourists swarmed through the ruins, milling around the villas, wandering the cobblestone paths, gawking at the colourful frescoes and mosaics.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Rivera’s monumental frescos require constant scraping and repainting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

The frescos on the ceiling, the intricate wooden and stone carvings that punctuate the space, they’re all in perfect condition.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025

Inside the breathtaking Art Deco interiors of the Palais de la Porte Doree, Issey Miyake ’s guests admired wall-to-wall frescos and bas-reliefs of exotic scenes lit up in dappled lighting.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

On mountain slopes in the Swiss village of Villars-sur-Ollon, an artist has used chalk and charcoal to paint two giant frescos of children sketching how they see the vast world around them.

From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2023

At the rear is a pretty garden, shaded by cypress and citron trees, and terminated by a wall whereon are the remains of ancient frescos which have been attributed to the master himself.

From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton

Once virtually lost to memory after being painted over with whitewash, the frescoes began to be uncovered in the mid-19th century -- but the work left scratches and pockets of white on the frescoed walls.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The New York County Courthouse's Roman façade and frescoed interiors have played backdrop to many iconic movies and television shows - perhaps, most famously, Goodfellas.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023

On Tuesday, the two autocratic presidents will dine at a state banquet in a richly frescoed hall used by a long line of Russian czars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

They were excavated about a century later, with the inner prayer room and fragments of the frescoed dining room ceiling removed for restoration and conservation.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

Walking into the library, I took in my breath sharply and stopped: glass-fronted bookcases and Gothic panels, stretching fifteen feet to a frescoed and plaster-medallioned ceiling.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

The medium made famous by Michelangelo, da Vinci and Fra Angelico, frescoing is a delicate process that entails crushing pigments and painting them into wet plaster before it dries.

From Washington Post ● May 6, 2021

Near the end of his torturous years of frescoing, Michelangelo was painting right over the elevated area where the pope would sit on his gilded throne.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2012

Her father, broken-hearted, accepted the offer to decorate the church of his native town, and Angelica joined him in the frescoing.

From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

There is none of the "dim, religious light" in the interior decoration of white and gold, the subtle colouring of the symbolic frescoing and the brilliance of the gold and brazen altar furnishing.

From Famous Firesides of French Canada by Mary Wilson Alloway

Suppose common floors will answer, and common plastering for the walls, if I paper; but shall I,—or do you recommend frescoing; and what do you say to cornices and other stucco-work?

From Homes and How to Make Them by E. C. (Eugene Clarence) Gardner