A 30-year dispute over a fresco by the Renaissance master Piero della Francesca shows no sign of waning after an Italian court ruled that it must be returned to where it was originally painted, even though that location now predominantly serves as a cemetery.

The Madonna del Parto depicts a pregnant Virgin Mary and is considered one of the greatest works from the Renaissance period. Completed in about 1460, it is believed della Francesca made the works, in situ, to adorn a wall behind the altar of the Chapel of Santa Maria di Momentana in Monterchi, a hilltop town in the Arezzo area of Tuscany.