An investigation by the Carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) in Palermo led to the recovery of artistic, archaeological, bibliographic, and archival assets with a total estimated value of approximately 400,000 euros…
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A wooden statue depicting a Madonna and Child, dating back to the 14th century and stolen in 1977 from the Castle of Monselice (Padua), has been recovered by Carabinieri of the Venice Cultural Heritage Protection Unit at the end of an…
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Interviews Archaeology Carabinieri Nucleus for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Carabinieri TPC
The protection of Etruscan artistic and cultural heritage represents a test of primary importance for Italy, considering the historical and identity value of finds and their vulnerability to illegal trafficking and clandestine excavation…
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A vacation in South America turned into an international case of cultural property restitution. It happened to a Genoese tourist who returned from Peru with two artifacts purchased out of curiosity, which turned out to be authentic…
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Carabinieri from Ancona's Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale returned to the director ofPesaro's Ente Olivieri the silver coin from the Roman period (I-II century AD) known as the"contour of Trajan." The return took place at the…
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Carabinieri from the Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale - archaeology section, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Perugia, presented today, in Rome, at the headquarters of the Operational Department of the…
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