20th Century

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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Ethnographic image: Caravan
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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Ethnographic image: School for indigenous Libyans
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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Infrastructure project
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  Ethnographic image: Traditional Qur'anic School
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  Pietro Verri School for Libyan Jews
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  Benito Mussolini Italian-Arab School
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  Ethnographic image: A Student at the Qur'anic School
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  Italian-Arab School
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  Professional School for Arab Girls
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  Interior of a school for Arab Girls
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  Interior of a school for Jewish Girls
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  Class for Arab pupils
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  Indigenous Zeribe: housing on the outskirts of Tripoli
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  Fair: Pavilion in the Saharan style for the use of small businesses
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  Fair: central street
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  Indigenous Zeribe: housing on the outskirts of Tripoli
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  Agriculture
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  Agriculture: desert before reforestation
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  Agriculture: reforestation
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  Agriculture
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  Agriculture: grain cultivation
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  Agriculture
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  Agriculture
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  Agriculture: entrance to an agricultural concession
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  Agriculture: inside of a farm
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  Agriculture: artesian well
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  Agriculture: Italian concession of the Italian tobacco company, Tigrina
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  Agriculture: colonial house on an agricultural concession
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  Agriculture: Luigi Razza Agricultural Center in eastern Libya
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  Members of the Piedmonts Nobility visiting the Lui Razza village
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  Agriculture: The Beda Littoria Agricultural Center in eastern Libya
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  Agriculture: an agricultural village being constructed in the Libyan desert
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  New colonial hospital for Italians, Muslims, and Jews, Tripoli
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  Municipal doctor's office, Tripoli
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  Municipal doctor's office, Tripoli
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  Municipal doctor's office, Tripoli
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  Interior of a Municipal doctor's office, Tripoli
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  Libyan Artisans: weaver's workshop
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  Libyan Artisans: silversmith's workshop
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  Libyan Artisans: potter's workshop
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  Local Libyan industries: tuna fishermen
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  Local Libyan industries: tuna fishermen
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  Local Libyan industries: tuna fishermen
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  Local Libyan industries: transporting sheep
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  Street scene, Ghadamis
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  Nalut
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  Infrastructure project
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  Mount Neri (?), Libya
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  Berber fort
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  New hotel, Nalut
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  Ghadamis, aerial photo
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  View from the terraces, Ghadamis
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  Old fort
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  Arab well in the oasis
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  Tajura Oasis
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  Friday sheep market
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  Salt lake in the desert
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  Acacus Mountains, Mount Neri (?)
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  Soda Mountain
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  Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
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  Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
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  Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
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  Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
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  Durach Mosque, Dhara
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  Interior of the Ahmad Pasha Karamanli Mosque (1711), Tripoli
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  Interior of the Ahmad Pasha Karamanli Mosque (1711), Tripoli
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  Mosque of Tajura', interior
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  Interior of the Sidi Ahmed Mosque, Tripoli
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  Scene of a Zawiya
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  Indigenous performance
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  Zawiya, Marzuq
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  Marzuq
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  Local crowd in the market
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  Ethnographic image: bread vendor
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  Camel market in the Friday Suq
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  Itinerate vegetable seller
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  Vendor of amulets (tawqiyah)
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  Jewish washer-women
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  Touareg women in Ghat
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  Touareg performance in Ghat
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  Typical Touareg in Ghadamis
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  Prayer break during a desert caravan
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  Arab woman
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  Typical young Berber women
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  Young bedouin woman
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  Woman adorned with jewelry made by Libyan artisans
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  Maharisti, indigenous troops.
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  Maharisti squadron on the march
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  Maharisti squadron on the march
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  Maharisti
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  Typical Maharisti
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  Marshal Balbo reviewing a Maharisti Squadron
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  Marshal Balbo reviewing a Maharisti Squadron in the south
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  The Zaptie, Indigenous troops: the motorcycle division
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  Zaptie platoon escorting the Governor General
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  Indigenous cavalry troops, the Savari.
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  Charge of the Spahis (indigenous, irregular cavalry)
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  Young, Arab drummers from the Littorio
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  Marshal Balbo reviewing a division of the Arab youth of the Littorio, a youth organization he created
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  Division of Gal Sfila on parade
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  Student platoon from Gal.
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  The final stretch of road toward Tunisia on the Libyan coastal road
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  The Libya coastal road crossing the Sa'id Oasis
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  Administrator's house on the Libya coastal road
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  Coastal road: a section under construction
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  Costal road: a stretch crossing to Sebha. The street runs in a manufactured retaining wall (vespaio) to drain water.
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  Tripoli: workers for the construction of the coastal road, the large road 200km in length that reaches from the Tunisian to the Egyptian borders. Marshall Balbo examines the construction of administrative houses along the length of the road.
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  Marshall Balbo visiting the workers on the coastal road
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  Leptis Magna: Basilica Severiana
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  Leptis Magna: The Triumphal Arch of Trajan
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  Leptis Magna: the Caldarium of the baths
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  Leptis Magna: Tourists visiting the baths
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  Leptis Magna: a pool in the baths
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  Leptis Magna: the gymnasium in the baths
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  Leptis Magna: The Prince of the Piedmont accompanying Marshall Balbo on a visit to the excavations
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  Sabratha: the exterior of the Roman theater now reconstructed under Governor Balo. It was inaugurated in 1937 with a grad performance of Oedipus Rex
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  Sabratha: the interior of the theater
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  Sabratha: the stage of the Roman theater
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  Sabratha: a detail of the reconstructed stage of the theater
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  Apollonia: the Basilica
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  Cyrene: Roman columns
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  Cyrene: panoramic view of the archaeological zone
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  Tripoli: the palace of the Governor of Libya
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  Tripoli: the palace, the seat of officials of the Governor of Libya
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  Tripoli: the office of the Governor General in the Palace
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  Tripoli: the Conte Volpi Cornice
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  Tripoli: a beach club
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  Tripoli: the entrance to the Muscir Suq at the Karamanli Mosque (1711)
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  Tripoli: the arch of Marcus Aurelius that has been restored (1936-37)
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  Sea Horse Fountain in the Italian Square, with Arab kids who like all the water
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  Tripoli: A characteristic tourist hotel called the Mahari
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  Tripoli: The Grand Hotel
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  Tripoli: One of the sumptuous new hotels in Tripoli, the Hotel-Casino Uddan
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  Tripoli: The Arab and Jewish Quarters
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  Tripoli: a view of the modern city with the oasis
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  Tripoli: one of the gardens at the gate
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  Tripoli: one of the streets of the Hara (the Jewish Quarter)
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  Tripoli: a street in the Arab city
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  Tripoli: houses for Italian workers constructed by the government
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  Tripoli: houses for workers
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  Tripoli: family houses for government functionaries
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  Ghadamis: Spring of the Mare ('ain al-fras)
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  Ghadamis: The Prince of the Piedmont, accompanied by Marshall Balbo, visiting the the Fort at Ghadamis
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  Ghadamis: a path through the orchards
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  Ghadamis: a new Saharan (style) hotel at 'ain al-fras of a tourist agency
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  Ghadamis: a new fountain
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  Ghadamis: a leader in aviation
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  Murzuq: Aerial view, located 1100km south of Tripoli
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  Ghadamis: the interior of a noblemen's house
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  Nalut: the old Berber town
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  The Libyan Desert: a dune
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  An automobile caravan in the desert
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  Ghat: 1544 km southwest of Tripoli
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  Ghadamis: The Mosque of Ghadamis
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  Nalut: the interior of a Berber house
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  Yafran: the hotel located 162km from Tripoli
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  Giado: a departure point for caravans from the oasis
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  Sinawin
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  Khums: a town 120km from Tripoli
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  Taourga Oasis
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Facade of office building B
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Front
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Eastern view of columns
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Front
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Western view
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Mosaic section
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Mosaic section
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: Mosaic section
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Western view
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Eastern view
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: View from North
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: relief sculpture and inscription around window
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: relief sculpture and inscription around window
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: Latin inscription below mosaic
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: Relief sculpture
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: Relief sculpture
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Western view
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Exterior: Mosaic section
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: Mosaic section
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  Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale
  Detail: Frieze