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Spain's Royals Visit UPV Project Restoring Flood-Damaged Family Photos

The visit spotlights a university-led effort that has returned roughly 340,000 images to families after the 2024 Valencia floods.

Overview

  • Felipe VI and Queen Letizia toured the UPV Faculty of Fine Arts laboratories and were briefed by coordinators Esther Nebot Díaz, Pilar Soriano Sancho and Pedro Vicente-Mullor.
  • An exhibition of recovered material is open to the public in the Sala Josep Renau at UPV through January 31.
  • Operations at UPV began on November 4, 2024, after students trained in photo conservation mobilized as volunteers in flooded neighborhoods.
  • More than 200 participants, including conservators, photographers, digitization experts, AI specialists, students and volunteers, have contributed to processing damaged albums.
  • A parallel effort at the Universitat de València reports about 2.5 million photographs restored and returned to more than 1,500 families.