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Italian banking foundations join forces to respond to earthquake in Abruzzo

Massimo Lanza
1 June 2009
Alliance magazine

On 6 April, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Abruzzo region in central Italy, leaving 295 people dead, 1,500 injured and more than 65,000 homeless. L’Aquila, the capital of the region, and 48 surrounding villages – all close to the quake’s epicentre – were severely damaged.

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