Portland Press Herald – Restorers uncover Crusades-era mosaic angel at Church of the Nativity

ROME — The Italian firm restoring one of Christianity’s holiest sites – the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem – says it’s more than halfway finished with the 14 million-euro project, which has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic angel hidden under plaster. Piacenti SpA, a family-run conservation firm from the Tuscan town of Prato, won …