ROME.- A piece of one of the world’s most beloved monuments will soon arrive in Italy: the Fondazione Sorgente Group has acquired at auction from Christie’s in New York a section of the helical staircase which connected the second and third levels of the Tour Eiffel. With this acquisition the Institute for Art and Culture enhances its collection by adding an object of historic design. “What better way to welcome the arrival of the Expo 2015? – declares Valter Mainetti, Chairman of the Fondazione Sorgente Group – our initiative creates the ideal bridge between Paris’ Exposition Universelle in 1889 and the Expo being organized in Milan. In fact, the Tour Eiffel was built in 1889 as the entrance for the historical edition of the Exposition. Moreover, the intention of the Exposition Universelle in Paris was to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution. Therefore we fly high with a monume