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A view of the damaged Church of Santa Maria del Suffragio in the Piazza del Duomo in L’Aquila, Italy.
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An aftershock destroyed what remained of the dome of the 18th-century Church of Santa Maria del Suffragio.
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The prefecture of L’ Aquila also sustained heavy damage.
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A plaque carved with the names of benefactors of a local orphanage, the first dating back to 1542, lay shattered.
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The Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio was destroyed.
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The bell tower of the San Bernardino church collapsed.
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In nearby Paganica, the Conception Church “now has cannonball-sized holes”!
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Debris still completely blocks many streets in Paganica and L'Aquila.
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In L’Aquila, a man stood in the eerie silence photographing a mountain of debris... “It’s upsetting that people understand how beautiful L’Aquila is only when it’s destroyed”!
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The clock on Sant'Eusanio Martire church is stopped at the time of the deadly earthquake, 3:32 AM, in the village of Sant'Eusanio Forconese, near L'Aquila.
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A painting of the Virgin Mary and a crucifix are seen in the rubble of collapsed church building, in the village of Castelnuovo, near L'Aquila central Italy.
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Workers from the Department of art preservation recover art pieces on April 10 in Onna, a village near L'Aquila, Italy.
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Firefighter Roberto Contu of the SAF (Speleologic Alpine Fluvial group), seen hanging, looks at the damage inside the damaged dome of the church of Santa Maria del Suffragio, in L'Aquila.
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Workers from the Department of art preservation recover art pieces from the Collemaggio Cathedral on April 11 in L'Aquila, Italy.
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