Plundered artefacts to return to Italy from UK
Tuesday - February 12, 2019 12:34 am ,
Category : ART & LITERATURE
Rome, Feb 12 (IANS/AKI) Italian Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli will on Tuesday attend a ceremony in London at which eight lots of treasures stolen from Italy in various eras will be returned to the country, the culture ministry said in a statement.Christie's auction house helped trace the stolen artefacts, which will be handed to Bonisoli by its CEO Guillaume Cerutti during the ceremony at the Italian embassy, said the statement.A press conference will be held after the ceremony, the statement added.No information on the specific artefacts was available ahead of the ceremony.
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