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Italy to reopen new Genoa bridge two years after deadly collapse

FRANCE24, 03 Aug 2020
President Sergio Mattarella will be the first to officially cross the new bridge, designed by famed Italian architect Renzo Piano, who gave it a curved, gleaming underbelly evoking the hull of a ship in tribute to Genoa's maritime history. The names of the victims will be read aloud — though many of their loved ones will not be present. France 24 Josephine McKenna tells us more.

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