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Baroque palace in L'Aquila becomes museum of contemporary art

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L'Aquila (Italy), May 29 (EFE) .- (Camera: Toni Conde Molina) The baroque Palazzo Ardinghelli was severely damaged in the earthquake that struck L'Aquila (central Italy) in 2009, however, it now stands as a symbol of its "rebirth" after being restored and becoming the headquarters of the National Museum of the Arts of the XXI Century (MAXXI).FOOTAGE OF THE MUSEUM.SOUNDBITES OF BARTOLOMEO PIETROMARCHI, DIRECTOR OF MAXXI DE L'AQUILA.Translation: “There have been many examples in Italy of combining ancient and contemporary. I think this works really well, I think this sample proves it. This building is a baroque palace from the seventeenth century that today has become super-contemporary."

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