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The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the
Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome,
Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town
and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile
Mosaic. It explores the history and cultural significance of
Palestrina, its strategic setting, the recovery of the town, the
restoration of the Nile Mosaic, which remains the largest
Egyptian-style mosaic extant. A unique aspect of the destruction
was that it uncovered a pagan temple, the Sanctuary of Fortuna. The
bombing destroyed the homes built on its terraces but revealed the
ancient structure buried beneath which had remained unseen for half
a millennium. It took more than a decade for the mosaic to be
restored and the Sanctuary of Fortuna established as a national
archeological museum. The book explores the pressure by the
Mussolini regime to control the Barberini family's art collection,
the uses of cultural materials for propaganda purposes, the Allied
use of airpower in the Italian theater of war, the postwar
decision-making and recovery process. The book is one of the very
few long-range studies of the war's impact on a single Italian
town. It is suitable for academic seminars and an educated general
audience.
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