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after centuries of exposure to the elements in airborne pollution one of Italy's most celebrated Renaissance sculptures has recently been restored by World Monuments fund located in the square beside Venice's basilica de san giovanni apollo the monumental equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni underwent a comprehensive three-year cleaning and restoration a noteworthy and controversial figure in italian political and social life Colleoni was a condo TRA a hired mercenary general who was given the prestigious appointment of permanent captain general of the venetian army he agreed that upon his death in 1475 he would bequeath this sizable estate to the republic with the stipulation that a bronze monument be erected in his honor in the piazza san marco although the Venetians said it honored his request for a statue they chose to erect it in a more modest Square near the scuola grande de San Marco the late 15th century statue was sculpted by Andrea del Verrocchio a teacher of Leonardo da