Piacenti SpA specializes in planning, then executing the work in the fields of restoration and conservation of listed buildings, monuments and works of art of historical interest. Piacenti SpA started as a carpenters and cabinet making workshop in 1875. Through the intervening century and a half it has evolved into an articulated structure combining the technical legacy of traditional craftsmanship with modern day scientific research while still maintaining the utmost respect for the principles both of modern theories and of ancient craftsmanship. Piacenti SpA operates on a national and international level opening its specialized laboratories and diagnostic suite facilities to all, offering educational possibilities and hospitality to international scientific projects of significance for monumental buildings and UNESCO sites recognized as world heritage. They are also at work outside Italy, in China, Turkey, Cuba, Palestine and Russia, (where they operate under the name of Piacenti 000 and Atrium 000, in Moldova as Piacenti Restoring Ltd and in the Holy Land as Piacenti Ltd with subsidiaries at 100%).