Posted on 07/30/2007 9:32:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Jewish catacombs under Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini's Rome villa are being restored and readied for visitors. "It's going to take several months to prepare the site and make it safe," said the head of Italy's Jewish Cultural Heritage Foundation, Bruno Orvieto. "We have to be very careful because there are delicate wall paintings down there that date back some 1,800 years," he stressed... However, a sneak preview of the 3rd and 4th century AD catacombs will be possible on September 2, when the European Day of Jewish Culture will be celebrated in 30 countries, including 55 sites around Italy. The six-mile-long network of catacombs - in which Mussolini had a bomb shelter built during the Second World War - are a little-known feature of Rome... There are plans to build a Shoah museum in the villa's famous landscaped park.
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I told the kids not to make any messes. First they dirty up the walls, and now they’re digging holes in the floor. Next thing you know, they’ll be leaving their toys around for me to trip over. *sheesh*
Jimmuh Carter sez ya cain't be too careful 'round dem JOOOOOOOOOOZ.
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