The ruins of an early church in Italy have been resurrected through a wire-mesh installation by an Italian artist.

The artist, Edoardo Tresoldi, has transformed the site of an ancient early church in the Archaeological Park of Siponto through a combination of wire mesh and lighting.

The installation, entitled 'basilica di siponto', is built within the ruins of a basilica in the ancient Southern Italian town of Puglia, which was abandoned in the 13th century after an earthquake.

It "appears a majestic architecture scupture able to tell the volumes of existing early Christian Church and at the same time able to vivify, updating it, the relationship between the ancient and the contemporary," said Simone Pallota, the curator of the exhibition.

"A work that, breaking up the secular controversy of the arts primacy, summarises two complementary languages into a single, breathtaking scenery."

Working with MiBACT (the ministry of cultural heritage and activities) and the archaeology superintendence of Puglia, Tresoldi has transformed the space, simulating the ancient harbour town in his art.

The layers of mesh metal reinvisage the ancient church, creating archways and columns to emulate the Roman-esque church.