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Burial place has fallen into severe disrepair
to dismay of families of those laid to rest there
Wild vegetation smothers the crumbling tombs
that line the square beneath the imposing Chiesa Madre
at Poggioreale monumental cemetery in the southern Italian city of Naples
a makeshift storage area has been installed for coffins containing retrieved skeletal remains of the dead that were flung out of burial niches after a series of collapses at multistorey marble columbariums last year
The colossal, maze-like Poggioreale, open since 1837 and among the largest cemeteries in Europe
is spread across a hilltop overlooking Naples
It is the burial place of a long list of illustrious Neapolitans
but in recent decades has fallen into severe disrepair owing to a combination of poor management and the ruinous repercussions of organised crime
the cemetery’s problems were thrust under the spotlight last January when two columbariums containing more than 600 burial niches partially collapsed
an event believed to have been triggered by the digging of a tunnel beneath the cemetery as part of the extension of Naples’ metro network
“It was as if there had been an earthquake,” said Pina Caccavale
whose parents and grandfather were buried in one of the niches
“There were coffins hanging from the buildings
it was like experiencing the pain of the deaths of our loved ones all over again.”
View image in fullscreenFlowers left by relatives near wooden coffins containing remains recovered after the collapse
Photograph: Roberto Salomone/The GuardianPoggioriale was closed for nine months amid an investigation that led to the arrests this summer of 20 people working on the metro project
Naples’ metro company said the tunnel became engulfed with water due to a burst aquifer
Caccavale created a committee for the hundreds of families whose relatives were buried in the buildings
calling for construction on the metro to be stopped and for the authorities to move swiftly in recovering the remains of their loved ones from the rubble
The cemetery reopened in September, only for the two buildings to completely cave in two weeks later. Then, in mid-October, part of a three-storey columbarium in a different part of Poggioreale collapsed
once again leaving several coffins dangling precariously in the air
It is unclear what caused the third collapse
Authorities only recently started the challenging process of retrieving and identifying the remains of the estimated 2,000 deceased who were buried in the columbariums
they just saw them as people who were already dead
so saving them quickly didn’t matter,” said Caccavale
View image in fullscreenThe interior of part of the cemetery
Photograph: Roberto Salomone/The GuardianAnna Petrazzuolo
brother and niece were buried in a single niche
has become the committee’s vigilante of the recovery operation
watching through binoculars from a nearby street as workers delicately retrieve the dead
but I am not giving up until all the dead are found and identified,” she said
“It’s continuously painful to think my relatives are still beneath the rubble.”
The management of cemeteries in Naples involves a complex web made up of the local municipality
which owns the land and is responsible for general upkeep
a Catholic association that owns most of the columbariums
the confraternities director for Naples diocese
said the first two collapsed buildings were under its care and the third was privately owned
“The buildings that collapsed in January and again in September were only refurbished about seven years ago,” Tufo said
we sent all the documents on work done to maintain the buildings to the prosecutor
We are now working on a census of the deceased
and eventually we will rebuild the columbariums
but this isn’t something that can be done in a few days.”
View image in fullscreenA banner outside one of the entrances to the cemetery reads: ‘Our pain is knowing them under the rubble
They are not only human remains but our history.’ Photograph: Roberto Salomone/The GuardianNaples’ cemeteries have also fallen prey to swindlers and the Camorra mafia organisation
which is known to have taken over tombs in order to bury its deceased members
weapons belonging to a Camorra clan were found stashed in a columbarium at Poggioreale
police seized an entire columbarium in the cemetery from the mafia
which had planned to use the building for the burial of a boss who had been killed in an ambush
a Europe Greens party councillor for the wider Campania region
said he had been decrying the situation at Naples’ cemeteries
“Let’s say things how they are: Poggioreale should be to Naples what Père Lachaise is to Paris,” he said
it is the mirror of the state of abandonment of our region
the mafia … cases of tombs being emptied and illegally resold
the Naples councillor with responsibility for cemeteries
He was elected less than a month before the first building collapse
The subsequent lengthy closure of the entire cemetery as prosecutors carried out their investigation meant everyday maintenance could not be carried out
He discovered dozens of neglected columbariums
buildings containing the remains of deceased buried decades or even centuries ago whose relatives have also long passed
rules clamping down on illegal activity are to be introduced
“We’re working to clean up the cemetery,” Santagada said
“So many important people are buried there
My goal is to turn it into a place that is visitable for tourists
Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInThere was a special reunion honoring Brazos Valley history on Saturday
Sicily started settling in the Brazos Valley as early as the mid-1870s
Many of these hardworking sharecroppers settled in the community of Steele’s Store
and eventually acquired enough land of their own to make a decent living
many of these families still farm the land in Steele’s Store and many others own businesses and have become civic leaders in Bryan and College Station
Some of the many families who are descendants of the Poggioreale
"Every Poggioreale here has a story of leaving a famine in Poggioreale and coming to the United States," said Ross Todaro
founder of the Poggioreale in America Association
and International Good Will Ambassador for Poggioreale
were in attendance and received many gifts
They also received proclamations from both Bryan College Station Mayors and the Brazos County Judge to be honorary Texans
The TimesA Polish remand prisoner used a rope made of knotted sheets to become the first inmate to escape from the notorious Poggioreale prison in Naples in more than 100 years
took advantage of the confusion as inmates returned from Mass in the prison chapel to make good his escape on Sunday
to scale the seven-metre (23ft) perimeter wall and disappear into the chaotic streets of the city
apparently injuring a leg as he jumped to the ground
Lisowski had been awaiting trial for murder since last December in what the Italian media have described as “Europe’s most overcrowded prison”
A Yorktown Heights man was caught with more than half a pound of marijuana and dozens of anxiety pills during a traffic stop
was the passenger in a car traveling along Route 6 on Monday in Yorktown
which was being driven by an 18-year-old Yorktown Heights man
Police allegedly found Poggioreale in possession of 229 grams of marijuana
an anti-anxiety medication similar to Xanax
Poggioreale was charged with criminal possession of marijuana
a felony; criminal possession of a controlled substance
a misdemeanor; and unlawful possession of marijuana
He is scheduled to appear in Yorktown court on March 17
was found to be impaired by drugs and charged with operating a motor vehicle impaired on drugs
and was additionally charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance
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a bold plan was hatched – to build entirely new towns and move the inhabitants
But what looked futuristic on paper would herald a new decay
an ancient village in the Belìce Valley of south-west Sicily
Calogero Petralia was eating spaghetti with his family
By the time the initial earthquake and the aftershocks that night had quietened
the house where Petralia was born and raised was gone
It was 15 January 1968 and he was 18 years old
Measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, the earthquake was one of the most powerful to strike Italy
injuring more than 1,000 and leaving as many as 100,000 homeless
Four towns were razed entirely; Poggioreale was one of them
Instead of rebuilding the houses in their original location, however, the Italian government tried something new. It hired well-known architects such as Franco Purini to design and build entirely new cities
View image in fullscreenItalian firemen and rescue workers survey the ruins of Montevago, Sicily after the Belice earthquake in January 1968. Photograph: Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty“Famous architects from all over Italy came to visit us,” says Petralia
“They told us how we had to build the new village
I took part in the work as a worker myself
and one day they gave us the keys and said
The brand-new Poggioreale – known as Poggioreale Nuova – was located four kilometres from the now-destroyed original
It was built according to a strange late-60s design aesthetic
including cement buildings with colourful columns and statues inspired by ancient Greece
a square based on an agora and framed by a two-storey colonnade designed by Paolo Portoghesi
also responsible for mosques in Rome and Strasbourg and the royal palace in Amman
imposed on us from the topMayor Lorenzo PagliaroliBut while it was easy enough to move the people
it proved harder to transplant centuries of history
Designed as a modern city around the automobile
Poggioreale Nuova lacked the courtyards and alleys where residents of the original Poggioreale would meet
“The new Poggioreale did not belong to me,” says Calogero
“Those postmodern buildings were not part of my tradition
View image in fullscreenCalogero Petralia
shows a picture of Poggioreale after the earthquake
Photograph: Umberto SantoroHe wasn’t alone in feeling isolated in his new surroundings
Poggioreale Nuova was designed to accommodate 10,000 people
but whereas in 1950 it had 3,400 inhabitants
The homes overlooking it sell for a pittance: a 100 sq metre apartment is on the market for just €15,000
“The truth is that we were victims of an urban experiment imposed on us from the top,” says the current mayor
“But cities cannot be rebuilt in a few years
The old Poggioreale was founded in 1642 and it took 300 years to model it
The new Poggioreale was rebuilt in less than 15 years
without taking into account the traditions of its inhabitants
People used to live side by side and the town was full of gathering places
The neighbourhoods in the New Poggioreale were built far from each other
they didn’t need a car to go downtown or to visit a friend
View image in fullscreenPoggioreale Nuova is now deserted for much of the day
Photograph: Umberto SantoroCertainly a lack of money was not the problem
The Italian government invested several billion euros over the years in reconstruction
but little on rebuilding those commercial activities destroyed by the quake
The people had lost not only their homes but their livelihoods
“Our fathers needed work and investments to restart the economy destroyed by the earthquake,” says Pagliaroli
“The state instead gave us a modern work of art that did not belong to us.”
It was the same story in other settlements
had twice as many before the earthquake hit
was rebuilt 20km from the original destroyed village
on land belonging to Ignazio and Nino Salvo
But while the ancient settlement (founded by Arabs in the late Middle Ages) was transformed by artist Alberto Burri into one of the world’s largest works of land art – the rubble superimposed by boxes of reinforced concrete to create a labyrinth – the new town remains unfinished
Local estimates put the amount of money outstanding at €380m
Although some towns held on to their inhabitants through the olive oil trade
one of the few successful industries in the valley
Australia is home today to more than 5,000 citizens descended from people who left Poggioreale
“The displacement of Gibellina and Poggioreale involved only buildings and streets,” says Maurizio Carta
professor of city planning at the University of Palermo
“But the traditions and lives of its inhabitants have not moved
and remain buried beneath rubble in the old city.’’
“The ancient Poggioreale, abandoned and forgotten, is one of the most extraordinary expressions of the concept of resilience,” says Carta. “Submerged beneath the ruins, it has waited patiently for history to revaluate it. It waited for someone to remember it, sooner or later. And that is exactly what has happened.”
it is Poggioreale Nuova that feels like the real ghost town
older residents who once gathered to play cards now stay indoors
and there is a notable absence of young people
is a potter and painter and one of the few younger people living here
“There is nothing here for young people,” he says
“The majority of my friends left to study and work somewhere else
I wish I saw the old town before the quake
It’s sad for us not having had the chance to live in the ancient Poggioreale.”
“Youth are our last hope,” says Pagliaroli
we are destined to disappear from the face of Sicily
like our beloved town that night 50 years ago.”
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Critics blame poor management of cemeteries in Italian city as collapse at Poggioreale cemetery exposes at least a dozen coffins
At least a dozen coffins have been left dangling in the air after the collapse of a four-storey building containing burial niches at the oldest cemetery in Naples
It is the second such incident at the site this year
with critics blaming the poor management of cemeteries in the southern Italian city
Authorities sealed off the Poggioreale cemetery – the biggest in Naples – as an investigation into the collapse of the marble building
No visitors were at the cemetery at the time of the collapse on Monday afternoon as it had closed for the day
“The collapse was preceded by a bang and a dense cloud of dust,” said Vincenzo Santagada
a Naples councillor with responsibility for cemeteries
“As an administration we are taking care of all the necessary formalities.”
A separate investigation is continuing after about 300 burial niches were destroyed in the collapse of a building in another area of the cemetery in January
Families of the dead held a protest on Tuesday
parents and in-laws are buried in niches in the building
told Italy’s Dire newspaper: “The only fortunate thing is that their [coffins] haven’t fallen out
as they are [buried] more inside [the building].”
say the city’s cemeteries have not been looked after for years
“There has been a new collapse at the Poggioreale cemetery,” Francesco Emilio Borelli
a regional councillor for the Europa Verde (Europe Greens) party
“This is a critical and unacceptable situation
cemeteries in Naples have been badly managed and left to fend for themselves
falling prey to swindlers and profiteers.”
200 coffins fell into the sea off the Ligurian coastal town of Camogli in northern Italy after parts of a cemetery collapsed in a landslide
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the Local Police and the Municipal Services immediately intervened on the spot with the councilor for the Cemeteries Vincenzo Santagada
where the three-storey building of the Chapel of the Resurrection called 'Risen Jesus 1' had a partial collapse
It is therefore not located in the immediate vicinity of the area where the collapses occurred on January 4th and 5th
At the moment the whole area of the Monumental Cemetery is off-limits and an order to close the cemetery is being prepared
the local police and the municipal services immediately intervened on the spot with the councilor for the cemeteries Vincenzo Santagada
“At the time of the collapse there were no relatives of the deceased - explained the commissioner
one of the first to rush to the scene - as the closure is expected at 13,30
The collapse was preceded by a dry roar and a dense cloud of dust was detected by the cameras
As Administration we are taking care of all the necessary formalities "
The Fire Brigade of the Provincial Command of Naples
will be engaged in a complex activity for the difficult recovery of the coffins still suspended in the void and the mortal remains overwhelmed by the collapse last October 17
The technical operations for the recovery of the bodies involved in the instability that caused the partial collapse of the five-storey chapel of the 'Risen Jesus 17' in the Monumental Cemetery of Poggioreale in Naples will start tomorrow
will be engaged in a complex activity for the difficult recovery of the coffins still suspended in the void and the mortal remains overwhelmed by the collapse
Sigismond Thalberg’s gruesome remains were found in the corner of his mausoleum by his great-great-granddaughter
The embalmed body of 19th-century composer and piano virtuoso Sigismond Thalberg has been found in the corner of his family vault in Naples
having been torn from the glass casket in which it had rested for nearly 150 years
The gory discovery was made by his great-great-granddaughter Giulia Ferrara Pignatelli who had gone to the cemetery with Francesco Nicolosi
President of the Neapolitan Thalberg Centre
in order to assess the substantial monument before contracting workmen for essential cleaning and repairs
Thieves had broken through two sets of gates – the second of which had been wrenched from its hinges – and even attempted to break through the marble floor with a pickaxe in an attempt to reach the vault beneath the elaborate tomb in the Poggioreale cemetery
Thalberg’s last resting place had been broken open and a brass urn stolen
Signora Pignatelli described the scene as “gruesome”
Thalberg is today considered a footnote in musical history
but in his day he was one of the most respect pianists
composers and pedagogues in Europe who was ranked alongside the likes of Kalkbrenner and Moscheles and even bore comparison with Chopin and Mendelssohn
He is best remembered today for his part in the most famous duel in the history of piano playing
In 1837 he competed against Liszt at the home of the Countess Cristina Belgiojoso
after which the Countess gave her judgment that “Thalberg is the premiere pianist in the world
Thalberg retired to Posillipo near Naples after marrying the widowed Francesca Bouchot
the eldest daughter of the great operatic bass Louis Lablache – a singer of French and Irish ancestry
Thalberg died in 1871 at the villa that now bears his name
although it had originally belonged to Lablache
she was buried alongside her husband in the family tomb
His great-granddaughter Donna Francesca Ferrara Pignatelli
set up the Thalberg study centre and piano prize
The city of Naples is strictly responsible for the upkeep of the Poggioreale cemetery – which is also the resting place of the composer Saverio Mercadante – but the Princess helped with the maintenance of the Thalberg mausoleum for many years as a monument to the love of her great-grandparents
Musicians have been swift to condemn the act
“I am certain that these people have acted randomly,” said Italian pianist Nazzareno Carusi
reflecting that this kind of sacrilegious behaviour and lack of respect is symptomatic of the times
“I do not think that they would even know who Thalberg was
We all hope that the world will somehow be reborn
but I strongly believe that we can no longer perceive any glimmer of humanity within the darkness that surrounds us
I stand with Signora Giulia Ferrara Pignatelli and Maestro Francesco Nicolosi in affection and solidarity”
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One of my hobbies is exploring creepy ghost towns where silence rules and cats are the sole inhabitants
with a particular quirky allure that transcends the grandeur of the big cities
fascinating part of Italy and have been fittingly dubbed ‘the sleeping beauties’ - waiting for a knight-investor to wake them up
That’s why authorities should place them up for sale
Italy is dotted with more than 6,000 abandoned hamlets and villages, while another 15,000 have lost more than 95 percent of their residents
Depopulation has left deep scars and turned towns into heaps of stone ruins
crumbling roofs and former dwellings covered in lush vegetation
READ ALSO: Could Italy’s abandoned villages be revived after the coronavirus crisis?
locals fled due to various events: pirate raids
war bombings; or they simply went looking for a brighter future elsewhere
emigrating abroad or to other areas of Italy
peasant families were poor and tiny villages in the past were totally isolated
Donkeys were the sole means of transport up until the 1950s
Dating back to pre-Roman times or to the middle ages
these ghost villages today are rotting and falling apart
They’ve turned into ‘memory monuments’ of the lost rural times
The first time I visited Poggioreale in Sicily
which was destroyed by a terrible quake in 1968
I was shocked to see that just a few buildings and one fountain had been restored
Torn embroidered curtains still hung on window frames
desiccated flower pots dangled from balconies and cats slept on forgotten chairs
I even spotted a toilet seat sticking out from a dilapidated third floor
It was fascinating and sad at the same time because beneath all the dust and decay I could still feel the glory of Poggioreale’s bygone days
when rich merchants rubbed shoulders with landlords at the theatre and along the main avenue
It’s all a matter of spending the money needed to recover and bring these lost places back to life
what with a lack of resources and excessive bureaucracy
And yet these towns could be a powerful asset which the state should exploit by placing them on the block tout court: as heaps of ruins
In ghost villages the old owners have long disappeared
their heirs now live in other countries and nobody seems to care about the future of these places
Only day trippers occasionally visit for an adventurous hike or picnic
Selling to investors or wealthy families could be a good way to breathe new life into these villages - be it as hotels or private residences
If local authorities don’t have the funds to restore them to their original beauty by turning them into artistic
tourist or cultural venues then perhaps philanthropists and history amateurs could step in
Or anybody with enough money and a passion for authentic Italian experiences
even though bringing them back from the grave would require massive investments
most ghost villages are set in spectacular locations far from the madding crowd
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Speaking to realtors I found out that an Italian businessman purchased a bunch of ghost villages in central Italy and then recently re-sold one of these for about 4 million euros to a wealthy family from the Middle East
who were eager to repurpose it into their own sunny
If foreigners are willing to pay so much for bunches of destroyed houses
why can’t the state act as an entrepreneur and put these up directly for sale to the highest bidder
a few successful revivals of ghost towns have been exclusively funded by private individuals and stand out as exceptions
In the wild Abruzzo region, the abandoned village of Borgo Rocchetta was recovered by a local businessman who restyled the old stone dwellings and sold them to holidaymakers looking for a quiet
offbeat place amid snowy peaks and donkey trails
Castello di Postignano
has been turned into a luxury resort with pool and spa by a team of Italian architects who rent and sell the apartments to Americans and Brits
And Borgo di Carpiano is an abandoned parish village with a tiny church
was transformed into an exclusive boutique hotel by an Italian couple who discovered the place purely by chance and fell in love with it.
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There’s a tiny ghost hamlet near my house in the Roman countryside which has been entirely swallowed by a thick forest
You can hardly make out the old stones covered in moss and the castle buried beneath your feet
home to a powerful lord who protected his tenants
but now it doesn’t even have a name anymore
People who live nearby refer to it as the ‘ruins behind the graveyard’
causing the castle to sink deeper into the ground
But it has an enormous potential: it’s just 20 minutes from Rome and is surrounded by clear streams and hills where porcini mushrooms grow
It’s now a jewel sacrificed to time - and to human neglect
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As we know, a few days ago there was a severe structural collapse in the Poggioreale Cemetery in Naples
a collapse that damaged a large 3-storey building and caused the destruction of hundreds of coffins
but also emotional and existential for family members of the deceased whose remains were involved in this collapse
in agreement with the Curia and the Entities holding the census of the niches
has activated the following telephone number to guarantee assistance to families:
The number 0815516753 is active as follows:
You can call for receive information relating to deceased loved ones and burial niches that have been lost or destroyed
even if unfortunately hundreds of families will no longer be able to recognize or visit their loved ones due to this tragedy
The following email boxes have also been activated to request information:
The Cemetery will be closed until a later date
It was initially decided to close until January 19
but was then extended without a new definitive date at the time
Mortuary police operations were suspended until Saturday 8 January
The covenants that suffered the damage of the collapse are:
30% of the structure of the two buildings was damaged
especially the area at the main entrances on the south side
the Association in charge of Confraternity Cemeteries of Naples
joins the pain of families and has declared that all its members will always be available to help operators of the cemetery in all those activities aimed at recognition of the remains
Little by little we will try to recognize as much of it as possible and to ensure that we return to restoration of the decor that the deceased and the whole monumental structure deserve
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Bad news for the Poggioreale Cemetery in Naples because last night there was a severe collapse of a building inside
It is a three-storey building located in the hemicycle of the oldest area of Poggioreale and are at least 200 niches that were damaged
Many collapsed tombstones and many even the uprooted coffins that were hit and even dozens of corpses escaped
which houses the common niches and noble chapels
the operations to secure the niches that have suffered damage thanks to the work of the Fire Brigade and Civil Protection
There are also technicians on site who are analyzing the area to see if it is possible to talk about a link between the collapse and the construction site of metro line 1 which is nearby of the Poggioreale Cemetery
that is the slow and gradual sinking of the soil due to the exploitation of aquifers
considering that the construction site acts underground precisely in correspondence with the collapsed building
It would have diverted the slopes of the Sebeto River
Another hypothesis put forward concerns theerosion of atmospheric agents
especially the violent rains of the past few weeks
but in reality of all the previous years that have affected structures that are already old in themselves
And it is precisely the "seniority" of these structures
another reason that could have led to this collapse
the state of conservation is very bad and sooner or later there are consequences like this
Let's wait more reliable news after the appropriate inspections have been made
Of course at the moment it is not possible to enter the Cemetery until the situation improves
The area is now under seizure and will be closed as follows:
A few months after the previous collapse of two buildings since Poggioreale Cemetery in Naples
we are witnessing a another heavy failure which caused the walls to collapse
leaving dozens of coffins suspended in the void
The building involved is that of the Chapel of the Resurrection
near the Balestrieri passage and from the surveillance cameras
a thick cloud of dust was seen during the collapse and a powerful roar was heard
the cemetery It was closed therefore no visitors were injured
but of course there was the immediate intervention of the Fire Brigade and the Local Police
The affected area is far from the one involved last year and Gennaro Tammaro
general secretary of the Italian Funeral Home Association
immediately asked for quick and precise answers
From 18 to 21 October 2022 the Cemetery is closed to the public as a precaution
As stated on the website of the Municipality of Naples
having as their destination the Monumental Cemetery
The judicial authority has seized the building of the archconfraternity of Jesus Risen 1 and today a meeting will be held in the Prefecture in Naples in which the various competent institutional subjects will participate
Tram line 1 finally returns to operation in Naples
Tram line 1 is a fundamental form of transport that connects Piazza Municipio to Poggioreale
the frequency races will be minimal 10 minutes
A short waiting time for a vehicle that will travel through strategic areas of the city
it is a truly strategic path for the citizens of Naples and its presence will certainly help mitigate traffic in the area
it will be a fundamental support especially in this period when the metro line 1 is limiting the races to the Aminei Hills in mock to the accident that occurred in mid-January
after the ugly collapse that involved a building inside
The collapse took place at the beginning of January and initially the closure was arranged until January 19
but the new provisions of the judicial authority provide for the extension of this closure
Currently a new date for the reopening has not been communicated
so it is not yet possible to visit loved ones
the following telephone number was activated to request assistance:
Recall that the covenants affected by the bad collapse were:
30% of these buildings were damaged and unfortunately many niches
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