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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 1 FEBRUARY 2019: A view of the center of Valletta from Victoria Gate, in Valletta, Malta, on February 1st 2019.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 1 FEBRUARY 2019: A view of the center of Valletta from Victoria Gate, in Valletta, Malta, on February 1st 2019.
    CIPG_20190201_NYT_NewWorld_M3_2124.jpg
  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 1 FEBRUARY 2019: Father and son look at a view of Valletta, Malta, on February 1st 2019.
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  • VALLETTA, MALTA - 1 FEBRUARY 2019: A view of Valletta, Malta, on February 1st 2019.
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  • TOSCOLANO MADERNO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: A child rides his bike the historical centre of Toscolano Maderno, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A  Cover Club cocktail (gin, lemon, sugar and rasberry) is seen here at La Terrazza (the terrace) of the Grand Hotel Fasano in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: Rama Redzepi, Bar Manager of the Grand Hotel Fasano, prepares a Cover Club cocktail (gin, lemon, sugar and rasberry) at La Terrazza (the terrace) of the hotel  in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A waiter shakes a pig's bladder containing a "cacio e pepe" before cutting it and serving the pasta at Lido 84 restaurant in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A bronze statue of Aphrodite is seen here by the stream of Crazy Water which then flows downstream into the valley, at the Vittoriale degli Italiani, a hillside estate overlooking the Garda lake and  where the Italian writer Gabriele d'Annunzio lived after his defenestration in 1922 until his death in 1938, in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: A trout filet cooked in its own broth and caviar is seen here at "Il Fagiano" restaurant at the Grand Hotel Fasano in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
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Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: A man stands on the  pier of the Grand Hotel Fasano at dusk in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A signed portrait of Shirley Temple, who was a regular customer of the Grand Hotel Fasano as a child, is seen here in The Gin Bar of the hotel  in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • SALÒ, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A sailor docks his boat in Lake Garda in Salò, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • SALÒ, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: People are seen here sunbathing and relaxing on a pier on Lake Garda in Salò, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A waiter serves a "cacio e pepe" pasta cooked in a pig's bladder at Lido 84 restaurant in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: A waiter serves a "cacio e pepe" pasta cooked in a pig's bladder at Lido 84 restaurant in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 20 APRIL 2018: Clients of The Grand Hotel Fasano have breakfast, here in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 20th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180420_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARDONE RIVIERA, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: An additional private two-seated private area of the Lido 84 restaurant  is seen here here in Gardone Riviera, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARGNANO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: The Bar Osteria al Porto di Villa is seen here by the harbor in Gargnano, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARGNANO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: The Giardini di Agrumi (Garden of Citrus Trees) is seen here  in Gargnano, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • GARGNANO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: Home-made cheeses are seen here in a cellar at Bignotti, a deli that sells a vast of local products and take-away meals,  in Gargnano, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • TOSCOLANO MADERNO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: (L-R) Owners Giuseppe and Maria Perolini pose for a portrait in front of their bakery,  Forneria Perolini, in Toscolano Maderno, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • TOSCOLANO MADERNO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: A child eats a strawberry by a fruits and vegetables stand at the Thursday market in Toscolano Maderno, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • TOSCOLANO MADERNO, ITALY - 19 APRIL 2018: Customers are seen here at a fruits vegetables stand at the Thursday market in Toscolano Maderno, Italy, on April 19th 2018.<br />
<br />
Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location located in northern Italy, about halfway between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan on the edge of the Dolomites. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the south-east), Brescia (south-west), and Trentino (north).
    CIPG_20180419_GOURM-TRAV_LakeGarda_M...jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral020.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral018.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral016.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral015.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral011.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral010.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral009.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral006.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral005.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral004.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    funeral002.jpg
  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 27 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Viewing of the corpse of Barbara Ann Teer at the National Black Theater in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. The funeral service will take place on Monday July 28th at the Riverside Church in Harlem.<br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Roberta Flack sings in honor of Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Michael Lythcott gives a speech in honor of his mother Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Michael Lythcott gives a speech in honor of his mother Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Congressman Charles Charles Rangel gives a tribute speech for Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The Honorable Basil Patterson gives a tribute speech for Barbara Ann Teer at the Riverside Church in Harlem. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. Procession for the Funeral of Barbara Ann Teer starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • 28 July, 2008. Harlem, New York. The "liberators" of the National Black Theater carry the casket of Barbara Ann Teer down the stairs for the  procession. The procession starts at the National Black Theater in Harlem and ends at the Riverside Church, where the service will take place. Barbara Ann Teer, born in 1937 and Founder and CEO of the National Black Theater, died on Monday July 21st of natural causes, said her daughter Safe Lythcott. She was 71. in 1967 Barbara Ann Teer left behind a her career as a dancer and actor who appeared frequently in New York productions, on Broadway and off. Tired of being offered stereotypical roles by white producers and became an advocate for black artists and a black culture independent of the white-dominated mainstream. In 1968 she founded the National Black Theater, an institution dedicated to the performing arts, community, advocacy and the appreciation, of the history and lifestyle of black Americans. The building is located on 125th street and 5th avenue, in Harlem, New York. <br />
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  • ROME, ITALY - 14 JULY 2022: A view of the Baths of Diocletian in the Rome National Museum, which hosts the Museo dell'Arte Salvata - or Museum of Rescued Art - is seen here at the Rome National Museum, in Rome, Italy, on July 14th 2022.<br />
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The first exhibit of the Museo dell’Arte Salvata, or Museum of Rescued Art, pays tribute to Italy’s crack art theft squad – the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage – for having returned to Italy thousands of art pieces, effectively thwarting “the black market in archeological artifacts,”<br />
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About 100 pieces – Greco-Roman vases and sculptures and even coins dating from the 7th century B.C.E. to the A.D. 3rd century - are on view at museum, which has been installed in a cavernous hall once part of the Baths of Diocletian and now annexed to the National Roman Museum. They had been seized by the Manhattan district attorney’s office from museums, auction houses and private collectors in the United States on suspicion they had been looted. Last December,  200 pieces were turned over to Italian officials last December, a  handover described as the largest single repatriation of relics from America to Italy.<br />
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Rescued art is a broad term, it turns out, showcasing a myriad of ways in which artworks can be salvaged, from recovering artworks from the rubble of earthquakes and other national disasters, fishing for ancient shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, or restoring fragile masterpieces at the hands of Italy’s expert restorers.
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A view of a handloom from the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, is seen here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
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Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern”
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  • 12 March, 2008. Modica, Sicily, Italy.  Panoramic view of the Main living room of the Historial Baroque Palazzo Marconi in the centro storico (historical center) of Modica. The building was built in 1878 and some of its baroque rooms (as well as the entrance staircase) were destroyed to create an apartment in the 1950's. It consists of two floors of 350 square meters each and of partially covered terrace of 350 square meters with a 360 degrees panoramic view. The furnished property is on sale for 500,000 euros. Palazzo Marconi is situated in via Marconi 5, near Piazza San Giovanni in the baroque town of Modica, in Southern Sicily. Modica is part of the UNIESCO Heritage Sites in Italy, and despite the earthquakes in 1613 and 1693, the city has maintained some of the most beautiful architectures in Sicily, in the Sicilian Baroque style. <br />
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  • 12 March, 2008. Modica, Sicily, Italy.  View from the terrace of the Historial Baroque Palazzo Marconi in the centro storico (historical center) of Modica. The building was built in 1878 and some of its baroque rooms (as well as the entrance staircase) were destroyed to create an apartment in the 1950's. It consists of two floors of 350 square meters each and of partially covered terrace of 350 square meters with a 360 degrees panoramic view. The furnished property is on sale for 500,000 euros. Palazzo Marconi is situated in via Marconi 5, near Piazza San Giovanni in the baroque town of Modica, in Southern Sicily. Modica is part of the UNIESCO Heritage Sites in Italy, and despite the earthquakes in 1613 and 1693, the city has maintained some of the most beautiful architectures in Sicily, in the Sicilian Baroque style. <br />
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  • 12 March, 2008. Modica, Sicily, Italy. The entrance of the Historial Baroque Palazzo Marconi was renewed in the late 1950's from its original Baroque style. Palazzo Marconi is in the centro storico (historical center) of Modica. The building was built in 1878 and some of its baroque rooms (as well as the entrance staircase) were destroyed to create an apartment in the 1950's. It consists of two floors of 350 square meters each and of partially covered terrace of 350 square meters with a 360 degrees panoramic view. The furnished property is on sale for 500,000 euros. Palazzo Marconi is situated in via Marconi 5, near Piazza San Giovanni in the baroque town of Modica, in Southern Sicily. Modica is part of the UNIESCO Heritage Sites in Italy, and despite the earthquakes in 1613 and 1693, the city has maintained some of the most beautiful architectures in Sicily, in the Sicilian Baroque style. <br />
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www.giannicipriano.com the late 1950's from its original Baroque style. Palazzo Marconi is in the centro storico (historical center) of Modica. The building was built in 1878 and some of its baroque rooms (as well as the entrance staircase) were destroyed to create an apartment in the 1950's. It consists of two floors of 350 square meters each and of partially covered terrace of 350 square meters with a 360 degrees panoramic view. The furnished property is on sale for 500,000 euros. Palazzo Marconi is situated in via Marconi 5, near Piazza San Giovanni in the baroque town of Modica, in Southern Sicily. Modica is part of the UNIESCO Heritage Sites in Italy, and despite the earthquakes in 1613 and 1693, the city has maintained some of the most beautiful architectures in Sicily, in the Sicilian Baroque style. <br />
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A view of a handloom from the 1700s, that can produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day, is seen here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most noble families had their own looms. But in 1786 the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo of Tuscany took all the looms of the private aristocratic families and put them in one place. They ended up at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino: six of them from the 1700s, hand looms that produce a mere 40 centimeters of fabric a day; they are joined by six more “modern”
    SMAS_20181026_NYT_Silk_DSCF5375.jpg
  • 12 March, 2008. Modica, Sicily, Italy.The view from the living are of the studio of the Historial Baroque Palazzo Marconi in the centro storico (historical center) of Modica. The building was built in 1878 and some of its baroque rooms (as well as the entrance staircase) were destroyed to create an apartment in the 1950's. It consists of two floors of 350 square meters each and of partially covered terrace of 350 square meters with a 360 degrees panoramic view. The furnished property is on sale for 500,000 euros. Palazzo Marconi is situated in via Marconi 5, near Piazza San Giovanni in the baroque town of Modica, in Southern Sicily. Modica is part of the UNIESCO Heritage Sites in Italy, and despite the earthquakes in 1613 and 1693, the city has maintained some of the most beautiful architectures in Sicily, in the Sicilian Baroque style. <br />
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's original design sketch of the machine that creates warp threads and that is still used here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
 Da Vinci’s design allowed the artisans to stand while they oversaw the creation of the warp threads, instead of hunching over as with previous methods. For hundreds of years, this invention by Da Vinci has been hard at work helping generations of Florence’s weavers create the sumptuous fabrics for which they are renown.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most nob
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3764.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: A reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's original design sketch of the machine that creates warp threads and that is still used here at the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
 Da Vinci’s design allowed the artisans to stand while they oversaw the creation of the warp threads, instead of hunching over as with previous methods. For hundreds of years, this invention by Da Vinci has been hard at work helping generations of Florence’s weavers create the sumptuous fabrics for which they are renown.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s golden crest.<br />
<br />
Back hundreds of years ago, in the Renaissance, most nob
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_3682.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Filippo Ricci,  creative director of the eponymous luxury company started by his father, Stefano Ricci, poses for a portrait by the Ermisino fabrics in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill he owns in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Ermisino is an icon fabric of the ancient silk factory, a special type of Renaissance shot taffeta made with threads of different colours, so as to have tones that are shimmering and fluid like a cascade of light. Woven in three classic weights (leggero, scempio and doppio), for centuries it was the distinctive mark of the most illustrious nobility.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_2473.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Filippo Ricci,  creative director of the eponymous luxury company started by his father, Stefano Ricci, poses for a portrait by the Ermisino fabrics in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill he owns in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Ermisino is an icon fabric of the ancient silk factory, a special type of Renaissance shot taffeta made with threads of different colours, so as to have tones that are shimmering and fluid like a cascade of light. Woven in three classic weights (leggero, scempio and doppio), for centuries it was the distinctive mark of the most illustrious nobility.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Filippo Ricci,  creative director of the eponymous luxury company started by his father, Stefano Ricci, poses for a portrait by the Ermisino fabrics in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill he owns in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Ermisino is an icon fabric of the ancient silk factory, a special type of Renaissance shot taffeta made with threads of different colours, so as to have tones that are shimmering and fluid like a cascade of light. Woven in three classic weights (leggero, scempio and doppio), for centuries it was the distinctive mark of the most illustrious nobility.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
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Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
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Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_2435.jpg
  • Taormina, Italy - 7 January, 2013: A view of the Ancient Theatre (or Greek Theatre) with Mount Etna in the background, in Taormina, Italy, on 7 January, 2013. The Ancient Theatre, with a diameter of 109 metres (after an expansion in the 2nd century), is the second largest of its kind in Sicily (after that of Syracuse); it is frequently used for operatic and theatrical performances and for concerts...Located about 30 miles north of Catania on the eastern coast of Sicily, Taormina .is a gorgeous seaside town perched on a hilltop with a medieval layout; ancient .ruins; belle époque villas; and sweeping views of the glittering Ionian.Sea, the  Sicilian coastline and, on clear days, the smoking crest of Mount Etna.(about 20  miles away).
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  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Filippo Ricci,  creative director of the eponymous luxury company started by his father, Stefano Ricci, poses for a portrait by the Ermisino fabrics in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill he owns in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
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The Ermisino is an icon fabric of the ancient silk factory, a special type of Renaissance shot taffeta made with threads of different colours, so as to have tones that are shimmering and fluid like a cascade of light. Woven in three classic weights (leggero, scempio and doppio), for centuries it was the distinctive mark of the most illustrious nobility.<br />
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The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_2455.jpg
  • FLORENCE, ITALY - 26 OCTOBER 2018: Filippo Ricci,  creative director of the eponymous luxury company started by his father, Stefano Ricci, poses for a portrait by the Ermisino fabrics in the showroom of the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, an ancient silk mill he owns in central Florence, Italy, on October 26th 2018.<br />
<br />
The Ermisino is an icon fabric of the ancient silk factory, a special type of Renaissance shot taffeta made with threads of different colours, so as to have tones that are shimmering and fluid like a cascade of light. Woven in three classic weights (leggero, scempio and doppio), for centuries it was the distinctive mark of the most illustrious nobility.<br />
<br />
The Antico Setificio Fiorentino is a silk mill, located in central Florence within view of the old city walls in the San Frediano neighborhood, that produces the kind of fabrics destined for city palaces and country estates. The mill was bought in 2010 by Stefano Ricci from the Pucci, with an eye to using it to produce fabrics for the launch of a new home collection<br />
<br />
Lined up in rows are the dozen looms that take the slender threads, by now dyed emerald and ruby and sapphire, and weave them into the textiles that form a part of the fabric of Florentine life.<br />
<br />
Silk was made in the city as far back as the 1300s, a commodity to trade for precious materials. In more recent times, the fabric in the gowns in “Il Gattopardo” and “Death in Venice” came from the mill, as did much of Maris Callas’ wardrobe, robes for Popes, suits for Andre Bocelli, and Nelson Mandela’s silk shirts (when he wore one for his audience with Queen Elizabeth II she reportedly remarked, “that’s a beautiful shirt.”) The carmine red curtains at the Villa Medici and the Tribune of the Uffizi were made here. The Presidential Suite at the city’s Four Seasons Hotel is decked out in the mill’s output, as are the walls of the room of the Czars at the Kremlin, and more than 100 red velvet chairs emblazoned with the Kremlin’s
    CIPG_20181026_NYT_Silk_M3_2417.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 14 JULY 2022: A sign fo the Museo dell’Arte Salvata, or Museum of Rescued Art, is seen here in Rome, Italy, on July 14th 2022.<br />
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The museum’s first exhibit pays tribute to Italy’s crack art theft squad – the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage – for having returned to Italy thousands of art pieces, effectively thwarting “the black market in archeological artifacts,”<br />
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About 100 pieces – Greco-Roman vases and sculptures and even coins dating from the 7th century B.C.E. to the A.D. 3rd century - are on view at museum, which has been installed in a cavernous hall once part of the Baths of Diocletian and now annexed to the National Roman Museum. They had been seized by the Manhattan district attorney’s office from museums, auction houses and private collectors in the United States on suspicion they had been looted. Last December,  200 pieces were turned over to Italian officials last December, a  handover described as the largest single repatriation of relics from America to Italy.<br />
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Rescued art is a broad term, it turns out, showcasing a myriad of ways in which artworks can be salvaged, from recovering artworks from the rubble of earthquakes and other national disasters, fishing for ancient shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, or restoring fragile masterpieces at the hands of Italy’s expert restorers.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A view of Perdasdegofu, the town with the highest concentration of centenarians,  in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • ROCCA DI PAPA, ITALY - 18 OCTOBER 2022: An aerial view of Rocca di Papa, a hilltop village outside Rome where Brothers of Italy won 38% of votes in the last general elections, is seen here in Rocca del Papa, Italy, on October 18th 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni said her victory would be a “payback for so many people who in this nation had to lower her head for decades,” but also “for all the people who saw it differently from the mainstream and the dominant power system.” They were, she said, “treated as the children of a lesser God.” As Italy debates why Ms. Meloni did so well in the elections — if it had to do more with Italy’s voracious appetite for something new or a shift to the right — her victory clearly provided a vindication to right wing loyalists who for years endured marginalization.
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  • CASAMICCIOLA TERME, ITALY - 30 NOVEMBER 2022: A view of the Epomeo mountain where the landslide originated before hitting 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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  • MESSINA, ITALY - 8 SEPTEMBER 2021: A view of one of Messina's slums under a bridge in Messina, Italy, on September 8th 2021.<br />
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In 1908, a devastating earthquake struck Messina, a city wedged between pine and eucalyptus forests and the narrow straits separating Sicily from the Italian mainland. About 90 percent of the city collapsed, killing half of the population. From the rubble, authorities built temporary shacks in anticipation of sturdier housing for the displaced. More than a hundred years later, about 6,500 Italians still live in makeshift hovels scattered around the city. After decades of broken promises, salvation appears to be triggered by a more recent disaster: the coronavirus spread across the close quarters of the slums generating a public health alarm that attracted national attention.<br />
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Last May, the government inserted within a covid relief package an allocation of 100 million euros to free Messina from the barracks within three years.<br />
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In the humid huts, built in large part with asbestos, residents suffer from high rates of cancer, asthma and pneumonia and on average live seven years less than the rest of the population, according to the local Community Foundation.
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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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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 14 APRIL 2021: A view of Scampia from the Melissa Bassi high school in Scampia, a district in the outskirts of Naples, Italy, on April 14th 2021. Teachers at the Melissa Bassi high school had made significant progress in getting local children into school through art projects, workshops and personal tutoring. The challenge is enormous as there is no phone reception in some of the neighborhood’s most neglected housing projects, children are often crammed with multiple family members into a few rooms, and are easily discouraged, teachers said.<br />
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic, Italy had among the highest dropout rates in the European Union. But over the last year it has kept its schools at least in part closed about three times longer than France, and more than Spain or Germany and just about all other member states, severing a lifeline for some of the most challenged children and fueling fears of an education crisis.<br />
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Experts argued that by at least partially closing its schools for 35 weeks, Italy, already lagging behind the rest of Europe in key educational indicators and hoping for a strong post-pandemic recovery, had threatened its long term prospects. The country with Europe’s oldest population has risked leaving behind its youth, which is its greatest and rarest resource.<br />
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While it is too early for reliable statistics, teachers, principals, advocates and social workers say they have seen a sharp increase in the number of students falling out of the system. Even those who stayed in are clearly falling behind.<br />
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The problem is especially acute around the southern city of Naples. Schools here have remained closed longer than the rest of the country, in part because the president of the wider Campania region, Vincenzo De Luca, insisted they were a potential source of infection. At one point, he mocked the notion that children in his region were “crying to go to school.” Between September and January, high school students in Naples onl
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  • SAN SEVERO, ITALY - 4 FEBRUARY 2022: An aerial view of Lazzaro D'Auria's agricultural company, that has suffered multiple fires and bomb attacks by the mafia over the years, is seen here in San Severo, Italy, on February 4th 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
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The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
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Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
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The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
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  • AREA AROUND FOGGIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Exterior view of a local business burned down by a fire caused by a bomb attack,  here in the area around Foggia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
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The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
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Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
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The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
  • AREA AROUND FOGGIA, ITALY - 3 FEBRUARY 2022: Interior view of a local business burned down by a fire caused by a bomb attack,  here in the area around Foggia, Italy, on February 3rd 2022.<br />
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A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia. A wave of bomb attacks on shops and businesses by a little-known but powerful mafia is terrorising the southern Italian area of Foggia.<br />
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The group, which has a reputation for extreme violence, destroyed at least a dozen local businesses, such as a perfume shop, a hairdresser and a car showroom in January. Most of the owners of these businesses had refused to pay a “protection fee” to the mob. No-one has been injured in the bombings.<br />
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Last year, many shop owners reported to the police the mafia’s attempt to extort them. This has led to the arrest of a number of mafia bosses and seizure of assets worth millions of euros.<br />
<br />
The group is much less powerful than the Cosa Nostra or the ‘Ndrangheta, but it permeates the whole area. That has made Foggia one of the poorest parts of Puglia, which in turn is the most economically advanced region of southern Italy.
    CIPG_20220203_WSJ-Foggia-Mafia-A73-0...jpg
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