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The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is more than 400 years hold. Bombed in 1993, it reopened in 1998, though the perpetrators of the '93 attack still haven't been caught. (Wikimedia photo/Sailko)
On May 27, 1993, a terrorist bomb exploded on the streets of Florence, Italy, seriously damaging 200 works in the Uffizi Gallery, destroying three, and killing six people, including the museum curator and her family.
The motives for and perpetrators of the attack are still unknown, but the New York Times quoted Gianni de Gennaro, “a top anti-Mafia investigator,” as saying, “This was an attack in the style of the Mafia, directed toward terrorist ends. It is a strategy of terror that is in the Mafia's interest right now."
Five years later and one $15 million renovation later, the Uffizi gallery reopened. The new museum is 20,000 square feet larger than the original and contains 100 works previously not on display.
For more info: Uffizi Gallery (official website)
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