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BasDirks on May 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Italian seismologists to be tried for manslaughter

I've been to L'Aquila twice before the quake. Many buildings consisted (at least in part) of old structures. The city was founded in 1258.

davidw on May 26, 2011 [–]

> The city was founded in 1258.

For an Italian city, that's fairly recent, actually!

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