Luciano Castiglioni, 63, checks a tag reading “Adopt a Statue” attached to the head of a deteriorated marble statue removed from the Milan's duomo part of the "Adopt a Statue" program at the Cantiere Marmisti in Milan, on December 11, 2024. Conceived by "Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan" (Fabbrica del Duomo), the “Adopt a Statue” fundraising project allows individuals and companies, through their own donation, to support the cleaning and restoration of these works of art. Marble workers of the "Venerable Factory of the Duomo of Milan" (Fabbrica del Duomo) are taking care of more than 3.000 statues and gargoyles sculpted in marble from Candoglia quarries in the Italian Alps. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)