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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait outside the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304382.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait in front of the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304358.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait inside the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304276.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait outside the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304372.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait in front of the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304352.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait outside the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304369.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait in front of the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304347.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect in front of the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304339.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect in front of the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304319.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait inside the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304284.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect inside the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304255.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect inside the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304242.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect inside the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304241.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect inside the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304194.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait as he kneels in sign of respect inside the activist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304182.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: American artist Ryan Mendoza (49), who preserved and rebuilt the house of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks, poses for a portrait inside the acitivist's house, on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304169.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020:The house of  American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304125.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020:The house number (2672 South Deacon Street in Detroit) of  American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304119.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: The doorknob of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304106.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304536.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304531.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304495.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020:The entrance door of  American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304122.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: The interior of of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304025.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304528.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304525.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304521.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304519.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304507.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304499.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304483.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304481.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: A view the window and the interior of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304418.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: A window of the Royal Palace is seen through the window of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304114.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: The interior of of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304095.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: A door hangs inside American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, here on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304076.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: A door hangs inside American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, here on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304073.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: The interior of of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, is seen here on display in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M304021.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 12 SEPTEMBER 2020: A window of the Royal Palace is reflected through the window of American civil rights icon Rosa Parks' house, preserved and rebuilt by American artist Ryan Mendoza, here in the Courtyard of Honour of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy, on September 12th 2020.<br />
<br />
In 2017, Rosa Parks' wooden house went on display in Berlin after it was rescued from demolition in Detroit. Then Brown University acquired it, and it went back to the United States, where it moldered in storage while artist Ryan Mendoza campaigned to erect it on the White House lawn. After years of trying, Mr. Mendoza decided the next best thing would be to rebuild it in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Naples, Italy:<br />
the project "Almost Home - The Rosa Parks House Project" by the artist Ryan Mendoza  will be unveiled there on Sept. 15th 2020.<br />
<br />
The project came about in 2016, when Rhea McCauley, Ms. Parks’s niece, met Mr. Mendoza in Detroit. As part of an art project that explored his own sense of home, as well as the American subprime mortgage crisis, Mr. Mendoza successfully transported an abandoned house from Detroit to Europe, winning the trust of Detroit community members along the way. Ms. McCauley told him she had managed to buy back the family house for $500, but she could not find anyone interested in saving it from demolition. Mr. Mendoza, who makes his living as a fine-arts painter, agreed to help. He raised a little over $100,000 by selling some of his paintings, and set out for Detroit. There, he worked with a local team to take apart the house, which had fallen into extreme disrepair.<br />
He then shipped the wooden exterior to Berlin, where he spent the winter painstakingly rebuilding it, mostly alone, by hand. “It was an act of love,” he said.
    CIPG_20200912_NYT-RosaParks_7M303999.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, steps out of an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_71...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, wears a necklace with a Trinacria, the three-legged symbol of Sicily, during a portrait session in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, wears a necklace with a Trinacria, the three-legged symbol of Sicily, during a portrait session in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_70...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 26 FEBRUARY 2020: Piera Aiello (52), member of the lower house of the Italian parliament and police informant known for her stand against the Mafia, poses for a portrait in an office in Rome, Italy, on February 26th 2020.<br />
<br />
Born in a small town in Sicily, she was forced to marry the son of a local Mafia boss at the age of 18, and soon watched her husband be killed in front of her eyes. She then became a key figure in the fight against the Mafia, spending nearly three decades in hiding under a witness protection program, and helping the police track down dozens of mafiosi. In 2018, without ever having shown her face on television or in the media for fear of mafia retribution, she was elected to parliament.<br />
<br />
In 2019 she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.
    CIPG_20200226_NYT-Piera-Aiello_M3_69...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerinas perform during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_5...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerina Simona Filippone is seen here backstage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_5...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Theatre ushers are seen here in the foyer as the audiences walks towards the auditorium during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_5...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: The audience (mostly composed of family and friends of the performers) watches the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_5...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva, who interprets the role of Don Quixote in "Don Quixote", is seen here backstage during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_5...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Emilio Barone (right), who interprets the role of Sancho Panza in "Don Quixote, has his make-up done by make-up artist Debora Giannetto shortly before the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Dancer Marcello Carini, who interprets the role of Gamache in "Don Quixote", has his make-up done by make-up artist Maria Lucia Lucchese shortly before the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Dancer Marcello Carini (center), who interprets the role of Gamache in "Don Quixote", has his make-up done by make-up artist Maria Lucia Lucchese shortly before the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A view of the auditorium and the stage are seen here from the Royal Box at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A view of the auditorium, the stage and the the wheel overlooking the auditorium (which looks like a giant flower with eleven petals that, thorough a system of ropes, can open up to let the hot air out and ventilate the room) are seen here from the Royal Box at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A view of the auditorium and the stage are seen here from the Royal Box at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_4...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Tourists and students are seen here at the entrance of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • 9 July, 2008. Doylestow, PA. Jim Grundy, 54, is here in front of one the antique cars of his collection, a 1929 Pullman. His garage, which he calls "Motor House" has other 4 antique cars, a 1909 Pierce Arrow, a 1913 National Semi Racing Roadster, a 1912 National Speed Car and a 1914 Mercer Raceabout.  Mr Grundy is the chief executor of Grundy Worldwide, an insurance company for collectible cars. His father Jim Sr. Jr.  started the business in 1947 and wrote the first antique car insurance policy in 1949. Jim Grundy has been in the business for 28 years and assumed major interest and the presidency 19 years ago. "I own the best pre World War I cars ever manufactured", Mr. Grundy says. <br />
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: An usher of the Teatro Massimo is seen here at the main entrance of the theatre during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A view of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Stage technicians change the set during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A stage technician is seen here backstage during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: (L-R) Ballerinas Chiara Sgnaolin and Simona Filippone are seen here backstage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: (L-R) Etoile dancer Olesja Novikova (in the role of Kitra) and Benedetto Oliva (in the role of Don Quixote) perform during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva (center, in the role of Don Quixote) and Etoile dancer Olesja Novikova (in the role of Kitra) perform during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva, who interprets the role of Don Quixote in "Don Quixote", performs during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva, who interprets the role of Don Quixote in "Don Quixote", performs during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva (center, in the role of Don Quixote) and ballerina Annalisa Bardo (center-right, in the role of the Queen of the Dryads) perform during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerina Annalisa Bardo (center), who interprets the role of the Queen of the Dryads in "Don Quixote", performs together with the Corps de Ballet during the interval of the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerinas perform during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerinas are seen here shortly before going on stage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerinas are seen here shortly before going on stage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva (left), who interprets the role of Don Quixote in "Don Quixote", performs during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva (left), who interprets the role of Don Quixote in "Don Quixote", performs during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: The stage manager check the score during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerinas and a dancer wait to enter the stage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Benedetto Oliva, who interprets the role of Don Quixote in "Don Quixote", is seen here backstage during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A ballerina is seen here backstage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Monica Piazza, who interprets the role of Dulcinea in "Don Quixote", is seen here backstage as costumist helps her with her dress during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: The audience is seen here during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A child looks at hte orchestra pit during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Violins and "Don Quixote" scores are seen here in the orchestra pit during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Children look at hte orchestra pit during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
    CIPG_20180218_NYT_TeatroMassimo_M3_5...jpg
  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: "Don Quixote" scores are seen here in the orchestra pit during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: (L-R) A dancer, a stagehand and a ballerina are seen here backstage during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Ballerinas go to their dressing rooms during the interval of the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A view of the backstage is seen here during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: A stagehand is seen here backstage during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: (R-L) Etoile dancer Olesja Novikova (in the role of Kitri) and primary dancer Leonid Sarafanov (in the role of Basilio) perform during the dress rehearsal of "Don Quixote" at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Etoile dancer Olesja Novikova (center), who interprets the role of  Kitri in "Don Quixote", performs during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 18 FEBRUARY 2018: Etoile dancer Olesja Novikova (center), who interprets the role of  Kitri in "Don Quixote", performs during the dress rehearsal at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy, on February 18th 2018.<br />
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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located  in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opéra National de Paris and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. It was inaugurated in 1897.
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