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  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat ready to dive by Le Scole  (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3669.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat before diving by Le Scole (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3580.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat before diving by Le Scole (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3576.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat before diving by Le Scole (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3527.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat before diving by Le Scole (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3512.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Le Scole (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, dives to place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3679.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat ready to dive by Le Scole  (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3637.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat before diving by Le Scole (the rocks struck by the Costa Concordia that caused the shipwreck) where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3570.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, looks at the Costa Concordia from the ferry leaving the port of Giglio, after he dived in the morning by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4201.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Editorial photo with Gianni Cipriano (photographer), Luisa Brandl (Stern), Elio Vincenzi (husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, and Raphael Geiger (Stern) on the ferry bythe  Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4157.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: A memorial with the names of the victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck is here in the port of the Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4138.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: A memorial with the names of the victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck is here in the port of the Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4135.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, wears a t-shirt with a photo of his wife and holds one of the flowers that he posed byan un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife, after diving in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4122.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 24 August 2013: Tourists relax at the beach at the Porto Giglio by the Costa Concordia cruise ship where there are two missing and presumed dead passengers, in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 24th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4116.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi (center, in a black diving suit), the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, steps out of the water where he rinsed his suit after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4112.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4096.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4078.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3940.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3892.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3839.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3820.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3809.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3763.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, re-emerges after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3750.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, puts on his diving suit here on a boat before diving by Le Scole where he will place flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3616.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: The Giglio Island, as seen from the ferry going to Porto Santo Stefano, in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4247.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: A statue of the Virgin Mary is here by the memorial with the names of the victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck is here in the port of the Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
<br />
On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4141.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Two women read the names of the victims of the Costa Concordia shipwreck on a memorial by the port of the Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4127.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: Elio Vincenzi, the 65 years old husband of the missing and presumed dead Costa Concordia cruise ship passenger Mariagrazia Trecarichi, is here on a boat after diving by Le Scole where he placed flowers by an un underwater statue of the Virgin Mary in memory of his wife,  in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_4028.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 25 August 2013: The gradually sunk Costa Concordia cruise ship is here grounded by the harbor in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 25th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130825_STERN_Giglio__M3_3851.jpg
  • GIGLIO ISLAND, ITALY - 24 August 2013: The gradually sunk Costa Concordia cruise ship is here grounded by the harbor in Giglio Island, Italy, on August 24th 2013.<br />
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On 13 January 2012 at about 9:45 pm, in calm seas and overcast weather, under command of Captain Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia struck a rock in the Tyrrhenian Sea just off the eastern shore of Isola del Giglio. Of the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew known to have been aboard, 30 people died, and two more passengers are missing and presumed dead, inclusding Mrs Trecarichi. Mariagrazia Trecarichi had survived two cancers and decided to celebrate her 50th birthday on the Costa Concordia.
    CIPG_20130824_STERN_Giglio__M3_3426.jpg
  • COMISO (RAGUSA), ITALY - 19 MARCH 2019: Tools are seen here by Travertino stone blocks in a sawmill in Comiso (Ragusa), Italy, on March 19th 2019.<br />
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The pietra pece (pitchstone) is a type of limestone which is charachterized by different percentages of bitumen.<br />
This morphologic origin makes the pietra pece particularly unique for its peculiar chromatic shading.<br />
In fact, the pietra pece is also called "asphaltic stone" because it has a colour that varies from gray to dark brown.    <br />
The company DESCAT has been the owner of the registered trademark of the pietra pece since 2014 and it has the ownership of the only extractive pietra pece quarry situated in the Tabuna/Cortolillo district in Ragusa, Sicily. The pietra is distributed by Artigianato Industriale.
    SMAS_20190319_MONOCLE-PietraPece_DSC...jpg
  • RAGUSA, ITALY - 19 MARCH 2019: View of Ragusa Ibla in Ragusa, Italy, on March 19th 2019.<br />
<br />
The pietra pece (pitchstone) is a type of limestone which is charachterized by different percentages of bitumen.<br />
This morphologic origin makes the pietra pece particularly unique for its peculiar chromatic shading.<br />
In fact, the pietra pece is also called "asphaltic stone" because it has a colour that varies from gray to dark brown.    <br />
The company DESCAT has been the owner of the registered trademark of the pietra pece since 2014 and it has the ownership of the only extractive pietra pece quarry situated in the Tabuna/Cortolillo district in Ragusa, Sicily. The pietra is distributed by Artigianato Industriale.
    CIPG_20190319_MONOCLE-PietraPece_M3_...jpg
  • CHIARAMONTE GULFI (RAGUSA), ITALY - 19 MARCH 2019: Biagio Amarù, CEO of Artigianato Industriale - which produces the Pietra Pece - poses for a portrait next to a Pietra Pece in the Artigianto Industrialre manufacturing plant in Chiaramonte Gulfi (Ragusa), Italy, on March 19th 2019.<br />
<br />
The pietra pece (pitchstone) is a type of limestone which is charachterized by different percentages of bitumen.<br />
This morphologic origin makes the pietra pece particularly unique for its peculiar chromatic shading.<br />
In fact, the pietra pece is also called "asphaltic stone" because it has a colour that varies from gray to dark brown.    <br />
The company DESCAT has been the owner of the registered trademark of the pietra pece since 2014 and it has the ownership of the only extractive pietra pece quarry situated in the Tabuna/Cortolillo district in Ragusa, Sicily. The pietra is distributed by Artigianato Industriale.
    CIPG_20190319_MONOCLE-PietraPece_M3_...jpg
  • CHIARAMONTE GULFI (RAGUSA), ITALY - 19 MARCH 2019: Tiles of Pietra Pece are seen here in the Artigianto Industrialre manufacturing plant in Chiaramonte Gulfi (Ragusa), Italy, on March 19th 2019.<br />
<br />
The pietra pece (pitchstone) is a type of limestone which is charachterized by different percentages of bitumen.<br />
This morphologic origin makes the pietra pece particularly unique for its peculiar chromatic shading.<br />
In fact, the pietra pece is also called "asphaltic stone" because it has a colour that varies from gray to dark brown.    <br />
The company DESCAT has been the owner of the registered trademark of the pietra pece since 2014 and it has the ownership of the only extractive pietra pece quarry situated in the Tabuna/Cortolillo district in Ragusa, Sicily. The pietra is distributed by Artigianato Industriale.
    CIPG_20190319_MONOCLE-PietraPece_M3_...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis are seen here on abandoned walls of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis are seen here on abandoned walls of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis are seen here on abandoned walls of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis by street artis "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, is seen here on the the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: A graffiti depicting Donal Trump punched by a boy is seen here on the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: (L-R)  Graffitis by street artist "Twitch" (James Grimaud), depicting the Monopoly man riding a cart driven by four oxen, and by street artist "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, are seen here on the the walls of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: (L-R)  Graffitis by street artist "Twitch" (James Grimaud), depicting the Monopoly man riding a cart driven by four oxen, and by street artist "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, are seen here on the the walls of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis are seen here on abandoned walls of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis are seen here on abandoned walls of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis are seen here on abandoned walls of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis by street artis "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, is seen here on the the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis by street artis "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, is seen here on the the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: A graffiti depicting Donal Trump punched by a boy is seen here on the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: A graffiti depicting Donal Trump is seen here on the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: (L-R)  Graffitis by street artist "Twitch" (James Grimaud), depicting the Monopoly man riding a cart driven by four oxen, and by street artist "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, are seen here on the the walls of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: (L-R)  Graffitis by street artist "Twitch" (James Grimaud), depicting the Monopoly man riding a cart driven by four oxen, and by street artist "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, are seen here on the the walls of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Graffitis by street artis "Clap", depicting a woman holding the world in her hands, is seen here on the the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: A graffiti by street artist "Twitch" (James Grimaud), depicting the Monopoly man riding a cart driven by four oxen, is seen here on the the wall of an abandoned building of the White Rocks Complex in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • PEMBROKE, MALTA - 28 AUGUST 2016: Jersey barriers block the road leading to White Rocks complex, where street artists painted on the walls of abandoned, derelict buildings in Pembroke, Malta, on August 28th 2016.<br />
<br />
The White Rocks area was originally developed as quarters for the British services. When the British left, the area was turned into a tourist complex but it eventually closed down and fell into ruins.<br />
<br />
While many cities across the world denounce the defacing of a public property, on the Mediterranean island of Malta it is encouraged.<br />
<br />
According to Sandra Borg of Arts Council Malta, street art projects “engage with numerous communities and contribute directly to urban regeneration”. Funding from Arts Council Malta, allows schools to offer additional creative arts subjects and many choose street art; with ‘NO WAR’ creator, James Grimaud, teaching students sketching, stencil making and aerosol use.
    CIPG_20160828_NYT_Malta-StreetArt_5M...jpg
  • OLBIA, ITALY - 32 AUGUST 2019: A plastic bag containing rocks confiscated to a tourist is seen here in a deposit of all confiscated beach items at the airport of Olbia, Italy, on August 31st 2019.
    CIPG_20190831_STERN-SardiniaSand_M3_...jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  A locomotive under maintenance is seen here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0385.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Head Mechanic Renato Tocci poses for a portrait by a locomotive here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0209.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Workers are seen here by locomotives under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9978.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker checks a locomotive under maintenance here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9898.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker weld the part of a locomotive here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9842.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker repairs a locomotive under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9799.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker paints a locomotive under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9781.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Locomotives under maintenance are seen here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9713.jpg
  • PAOLA, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  (R-L) CEO Maria Antonietta Ventura and her brother CFO Alessandro Ventura pose for a portait in the headquarters of Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Paola, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0642.jpg
  • PAOLA, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  (R-L) CEO Maria Antonietta Ventura and her brother CFO Alessandro Ventura pose for a portait in the headquarters of Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Paola, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0622.jpg
  • PAOLA, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  (R-L) CEO Maria Antonietta Ventura and her brother CFO Alessandro Ventura pose for a portait in the headquarters of Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Paola, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0620.jpg
  • PAOLA, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  (R-L) CEO Maria Antonietta Ventura and her brother CFO Alessandro Ventura pose for a portait in the headquarters of Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Paola, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0613.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  A view of the port of Gioia Tauro, notorious in Italy for its mob links and status as key conduit for bringing in cocaine from Latin America, is seen here in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0490.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  Workers are seen here by locomotives under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0464.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker checks a locomotive under maintenance here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0131.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker checks a locomotive under maintenance here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0052.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker is seen here by locomotives under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0031.jpg
  • PISCIOTTA, ITALY - 22 APRIL 2018: Rocks used as weights are seen here on top of the PVC containers packed with salted alici di Menaica (Menaica anchovies) in the processing workshop of "Alici di Menaica", owned by the Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo, in Pisciotta, Italy, on April 22nd 2018.<br />
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Former restaurant owners Donatella Marino and her husband Vittorio Rimbaldo have spent the recent years preparing and selling salted anchovies, called alici di menaica, to a growing market thanks to a boost in visibility from the non-profit Slow Food.  The ancient Menaica technique is named after the nets they use brought by the Greeks wherever they settled in the Mediterranean. Their process epitomizes the concept of slow food, and involves a nightly excursion with the special, loose nets that are built to catch only the larger swimmers. The fresh, red anchovies are immediately cleaned and brined seaside, then placed in terracotta pots in between layers of salt, to rest for three months before they're aged to perfection.While modern law requires them to use PVC containers for preserving, the government recently granted them permission to use up to 10 chestnut wood barrels for salting in the traditional manner. The barrels are “washed” in the sea for 2-3 days before they’re packed with anchovies and sea salt and set aside to cure for 90 days. The alici are then sold in round terracotta containers, evoking the traditional vessels that families once used to preserve their personal supply.<br />
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Unlike conventional nets with holes of about one centimeter, the menaica, with holes of about one and half centimeters, lets smaller anchovies easily swim through. The point may be to concentrate on bigger specimens, but the net also prevents overfishing.
    CIPG_20180422_SAVEUR-AliciMenaica_M3...jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker is seen here by locomotives under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9950.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  A locomotive under maintenance is seen here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9704.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Locomotives under maintenance are seen here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9688.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  A locomotive under maintenance, similar to the one shipped to Iran, is seen here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_9682.jpg
  • PAOLA, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  (R-L) CEO Maria Antonietta Ventura and her brother CFO Alessandro Ventura pose for a portait in the headquarters of Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Paola, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0625.jpg
  • PAOLA, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018:  (L-R) CEO Maria Antonietta Ventura and her brother CFO Alessandro Ventura pose for a portait in the headquarters of Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Paola, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0593.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker is seen here by locomotives under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0366.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Head Mechanic Renato Tocci poses for a portrait by a locomotive here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0305.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Head Mechanic Renato Tocci poses for a portrait by a locomotive here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0255.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Head Mechanic Renato Tocci poses for a portrait by a locomotive here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
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Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
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Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0249.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: Head Mechanic Renato Tocci poses for a portrait by a locomotive here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
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Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0225.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker checks a locomotive under maintenance here at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0049.jpg
  • GIOIA TAURO, ITALY - 13 JUNE 2018: A worker is seen here by locomotives under maintenance at Gruppo Ventura,  a family-owned company that installs railroad tracks and does locomotives maintenance,  in Gioia Tauro, Italy, on June 13th 2018.<br />
<br />
Alessandro Ventura, CFO of Gruppo Ventura, traveled there some 20 times over the last three years, establishing a venture with an Iranian company engaged in expanding the national rail network. In March 2017, he signed a 2 million euro contract (about $2.3 million) to service a section of rail outside Teheran.<br />
He shipped two locomotives used to tamp down the rocks below railroad tracks. They went out on a freighter from Gioia Tauro, a port on the Tyrrhenian Sea that has long been notorious as a Mafia-run conduit for cocaine trafficking.<br />
Last August, Mr. Ventura stood at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in 122 degree heat, watching a crane hoist the locomotives onto the docks.<br />
Now, those machines are effectively marooned, the business halted. Gruppo Ventura has lost appetite for adventurous expansion.<br />
<br />
Once the Obama administration struck the nuclear deal with Iran three years ago, Italy saw a chance. Last year, Italy exported more than 1.7 billion euros (nearly $2 billion) worth of goods to Iran. Then, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran deal and vowed to reinstate sanctions, dealing a blow to companies across Europe — especially those from Italy, Germany and France.
    CIPG_20180613_NYT-Trade_M3_0002.jpg
  • Herculaneum, Italy - 2 August, 2012: A tunnel digged in the 25 meters of volcanic rock that covered Herculaneum for nearly 2,000 years, connects the top of the rock to the uncovered city of Herculaneum, Italy, on 2 August, 2012. <br />
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The Herculaneum Conservation Project (HCP) is a public/private initiative launched in 2001 for the conservation and enhancement of the archaeological site of Herculaneum. This ancient Roman city in Italy was destroyed and buried along with Pompeii by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It has a history of excavation dating back to the early eighteenth century.<br />
The project was set up by David W. Packard of the Packard Humanities Institute, together with Pietro Giovanni Guzzo of the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, to take the measures necessary to provide a response to the serious condition of the site after decades of neglect.
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  • CAPRI, ITALY - 10 MAY 2021: An aerial view of Capri's trademark Faraglione rock formations is seen here in Capri, Italy, on May 10th 2021.<br />
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Feeling the heat from Greece and Spain, which had prioritized vaccination campaigns on their islands to lure tourists away from Italy,  Vincenzo De Luca - the president of the Campania region, which includes Capri -  diverged from the government’s vaccination strategy of prioritizing categories of more vulnerable Italians. Instead, he treated Capri and other holiday islands as special cases. He fast forwarded vaccinations on Capri by flooding the island with doses and inoculating first seniors, then the middle-aged, then 20-somethings and even some teenagers while the rest of the region was still struggling to inoculate all its 70- and 60-year-olds.
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  • CAPRI, ITALY - 10 MAY 2021: Giuseppe Maggipinto, 53, and the president of the island’s oldest cooperative of motorboat owners, navigates through the island's trademark Faraglione rock formations, in Capri, Italy, on May 10th 2021. He lamented the “hysterical polemics about us getting vaccinated,” arguing that without a hospital, “if there was a cluster here, we had nothing to save our lives.”<br />
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Feeling the heat from Greece and Spain, which had prioritized vaccination campaigns on their islands to lure tourists away from Italy,  Vincenzo De Luca - the president of the Campania region, which includes Capri -  diverged from the government’s vaccination strategy of prioritizing categories of more vulnerable Italians. Instead, he treated Capri and other holiday islands as special cases. He fast forwarded vaccinations on Capri by flooding the island with doses and inoculating first seniors, then the middle-aged, then 20-somethings and even some teenagers while the rest of the region was still struggling to inoculate all its 70- and 60-year-olds.
    CIPG_20210510_NYT_Capri-Covid_A73-15...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Asylum seekers attend afternoon Italian classes for adults in the elementary school of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
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“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The hill "San Marco" is seen here from in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Images of an illustrated Italian alphabet are seen here in a room of a private home used to teach Italian to adult asylum seekers in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: Mayor of Sutera Giuseppe Grizzanti (63) poses for a portrait on the balcony of the town hall of Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Nigerian asylum seekers attends is seen here in a kindergarten class in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • SUTERA, ITALY - 8 JANUARY 2018: The daughter of  Somali asylum seekers attends the 1st grade of elementary school in Sutera, Italy, on January 8th 2018.<br />
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Sutera is an ancient town plastered onto the side of an enormous monolithic rock, topped with a convent, in the middle of the western half of Sicily, about 90 minutes by car south of the Sicilian capital Palermo<br />
Its population fell from 5,000 in 1970 to 1,500 today. In the past 3 years its population has surged  after the local mayor agreed to take in some of the thousands of migrants that have made the dangerous journey from Africa to the Sicily.<br />
<br />
“Sutera was disappearing,” says mayor Giuseppe Grizzanti. “Italians, bound for Germany or England, packed up and left their homes empty. The deaths of inhabitants greatly outnumbered births. Now, thanks to the refugees, we have a chance to revive the city.”<br />
 Through an Italian state-funded project called SPRAR (Protection System for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), which in turn is co-funded by the European Union's Fund for the Integration of non-EU Immigrants, Sutera was given financial and resettlement assistance that was co-ordinated by a local non-profit organization called Girasoli (Sunflowers). Girasoli organizes everything from housing and medical care to Italian lessons and psychological counselling for the new settlers.<br />
The school appears to have been the biggest beneficiary of the refugees’ arrival, which was kept open thanks to the migrants.<br />
Nunzio Vittarello, the coordinator of the E.U. project working for the NGO “I Girasoli" says that there are 50 families in Sutera at the moment.
    CIPG_20180108_LIBERATION-Sutera__M3_...jpg
  • 9 April, 2009. Brookville, NY. A residence on Evans Drive in Brookville, NY. The Gold Coast village of Brookville is the wealthiest community in the United States, according to a survey published Wednesday by BusinessWeek magazine.<br />
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Brookville was one of nine Long Island communities to make the magazine's list of the country's 25 wealthiest towns, based on research by the Gadberry Group, of Little Rock, Ark.<br />
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The village's mayor, Caroline Zimmermann Bazzini, said Brookville residents likely felt the pain of recession much less than most other folks.<br />
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Brookville residents had the highest average net worth of any town on the list: $1.67 million. The enclave's well-to-do denizens had an average annual income of $328,000, ranking it seventh on the list.<br />
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©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 9 April, 2009. Brookville, NY. A residence on Evans Drive in Brookville, NY. The Gold Coast village of Brookville is the wealthiest community in the United States, according to a survey published Wednesday by BusinessWeek magazine.<br />
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Brookville was one of nine Long Island communities to make the magazine's list of the country's 25 wealthiest towns, based on research by the Gadberry Group, of Little Rock, Ark.<br />
<br />
The village's mayor, Caroline Zimmermann Bazzini, said Brookville residents likely felt the pain of recession much less than most other folks.<br />
<br />
Brookville residents had the highest average net worth of any town on the list: $1.67 million. The enclave's well-to-do denizens had an average annual income of $328,000, ranking it seventh on the list.<br />
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©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 9 April, 2009. Brookville, NY. A security notice sign is here at the entrance of Evans Drive in Brookville, NY. The majority of the residences in Brookville have security systems. The Gold Coast village of Brookville is the wealthiest community in the United States, according to a survey published Wednesday by BusinessWeek magazine.<br />
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Brookville was one of nine Long Island communities to make the magazine's list of the country's 25 wealthiest towns, based on research by the Gadberry Group, of Little Rock, Ark.<br />
<br />
The village's mayor, Caroline Zimmermann Bazzini, said Brookville residents likely felt the pain of recession much less than most other folks.<br />
<br />
Brookville residents had the highest average net worth of any town on the list: $1.67 million. The enclave's well-to-do denizens had an average annual income of $328,000, ranking it seventh on the list.<br />
<br />
©2009 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    CIPG_20090409_IO-DONNA_Brookville_MG...jpg
  • CASAMICCIOLA TERME, ITALY - 30 NOVEMBER 2022: A rock is seen here on the side of the road after a landslide hit Casamicciola Terme, a port town on the southern Italian island of Ischia, Italy, on November 30th 2022.<br />
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Torrential rains on Saturday November 26th sent a powerful landslide plowing through Casamicciola Terme, killing eight residents — including a newborn baby and two small children — and washing away houses and burying streets. This week, rescue workers and volunteers continued to dig for survivors and to unearth the town from under thick rivers of mud.
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