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Tenth anniversary of the 30 October 2016 earthquake

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 Centro storico di Norcia: via dell'Ospedale, Sala Digipass, Palazzo Comunale (Sala del Consiglio Maggiore), basilica di San Benedetto, piazza Duomo

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Norcia commemorates the tenth anniversary of the 30 October 2016 earthquake with a day of commemorations and inaugurations in the historic centre. The programme opens at 9 am in via dell'Ospedale with the inauguration of the Ospedale Civico and continues at 10:15 am at the Sala Digipass with the conference Decennale Sisma 2016. At 11 am the Palazzo Comunale, in the Sala del Consiglio Maggiore, hosts the inauguration of the exhibition "Oro e Terra. Il Rinascimento della Valnerina", promoted by the Ministry of Culture and organised by the Soprintendenze archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio and archivistica e bibliografica dell'Umbria, in collaboration with the Virart ODV association. At 5 pm the basilica di San Benedetto hosts a prayer presided over by Cardinal Bassetti. The initiative is promoted by the Comune di Norcia and is part of a multi-day programme dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the earthquake.

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9 am: inauguration of the Ospedale Civico in via dell'Ospedale. 10:15 am: conference Decennale Sisma 2016 at the Sala Digipass. 11 am: inauguration of the exhibition "Oro e Terra. Il Rinascimento della Valnerina" at the Palazzo Comunale, Sala del Consiglio Maggiore. 5 pm: prayer in the basilica di San Benedetto presided over by Cardinal Bassetti. On 29 October, from 9 am to 6:15 pm, the Sala Digipass hosts the study day "Appennino centrale a dieci anni dal sisma: territori e sismicità", organised by the Ordine dei Geologi. Parking ban with removal except for authorised vehicles on via Cesare Battisti, piazza Verdi, via Solferino and piazza Duomo on 30 October from 8 am to 8 pm.