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Illegal excavations in Naples unearth rare medieval church
An entrepreneur was conducting illegal excavations at the hitherto unknown archaeological site, damaging and looting the area, which has now been seized by the Carabinieri. The rediscovered church is a rare example of medieval art of which very few models are known in the whole of Italy.
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A family hangs a Picasso painting for 50 years without knowing it
For more than 50 years, a family in Pompeii kept a real treasure inside their home without having any idea about its worth. The canvas, found in the 1960s by a junk dealer, hung in their living room before they discovered it was a masterpiece by Picasso, now valued at 6 million euros.
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Renewable energy speculation brewing a storm in Sardinia
The windswept Italian island is a prime location for harvesting the energy of the future. But residents fear poor planning of wind farms and unregulated speculation will turn their homeland into a European Wild West for renewables.