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COLONIE MARINE / SEASIDE COLONIES - ADRIATIC SEA

Colonie marine - Seaside colonies - Tyrrhenian Sea
Colonie marine - Seaside colonies - Sicily
Colonie marine - Seaside colonies - Sardinia
Colonie montane - Mountain colonies
Colonie elioteraphiche - Daytime colonies


Sorted in order of regions and provinces from North to South.
Grey characters after name mark not realized designs.
Grey characters after clients mark post war clients.
Question marks indicate unsecure data.

This list only contains buildings built between 1922 to 1944.
To colonies converted hotels, villas and other buildings are not recorded.


 
 

Croatia
     Colonia marina "La Villa Italia"
 

other name:



 
address: Fiume (Rijeka),
Istarska
client:  
architect:  
year: 1924
capacity:  
state:  
 
  Slovenia
     Colonia marina R.A.S.
 

other name:

 

 
address: Portorose (Portrož),
Sencna pot 2
client: R.A.S. - Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà
architect:  
year:  
capacity:    
state:

Youth Hostel "Europa"
  Friuli
  Udine (UD) 
   Colonia marina "Costanzo Ciano"
 

other name:

 

11 more pictures,
1 plan, and
some information
address:  
client: Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD),
via Centrale 29
architect: Pietro Zanini
year: 1935-38
capacity:   700
state: holiday resort (Soggiorno Holiday)
  Venetia
   Venezia (VE) 
   Colonia del Fascio
 

other name:

 
address: Lido di Jesolo (VE), ?
client:
architect:  
year:  
capacity:    
state:

)
  

Colonia marina Croce Rosso Italiano

 

other name:

Colonia marina "Luigi Luzzati",
Colonia "Piero Bifis"

 
address: Lido di Jesolo (VE),
via Dalmazia
client: C.R.I. - Croce Rosso Italiano
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

refurbished, hotel
  

Istituto Marino "Dux"

 

other name:

 
address: Lido di Jesolo (VE),
via Dalmazia
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Luigi Maran"

 

other name:

 
address: Lido Alberoni (VE), ?
client: Suore Elisabettine
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina S.A.D.E.

 

other name:

 
address: Lido Alberoni (VE),
strada della Droma
client: S.A.D.E. - Societą Adriatica di Elettricitą
architect: Giuseppe Muzzi
year: 1935
capacity:  
state:

rebuilt and refurbished
  

Colonia marina "Principi di Piemonte"

 

other name:

Colonia marina di Padova

 
address: Lido Alberoni (VE),
strada della Droma
client: City of Padua?
architect: Daniele Calabi,
Antonio Salce
year: 1936-37,
1961 rebuild
1971 extension
capacity: 400
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia marina Venezia

 

other name:

 
address: Isola di Caroman (VE)
client: City of Venice?
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

partly holiday resort "Villagio marina", partly abandoned
  Emilia-Romagna
  Ravenna (RA) 
   Colonia marina del Fascismo Ravennate
 

other name:

Colonia Croce Rossa Italiana
Colonia marina della Provincia di Ravenna

6 more pictures,
1 plan,
14 photos and
some information
address: Marina di Ravenna (RA),
viale delle Nazioni 461-469
client: C.R.I. - Croce Rossa Italiana
architect: Giovanni Montanari
year: 1934
capacity:   1.500
state: )refurbished, hotel und appartments
  

Colonia marina delle Montecatini

 

other name:

Colonia marina Monopoli di Stato  
address: Cervia - Milano Marittima (RA),
viale Matteotti
client: Societį Montecatini
Monopoli di Stato
architect: Eugenio Faludi mit de Micheli, Ufficio tecnico Montecatini
year: 1938
capacity: 500 (1.500)
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia marina "Costanzo Ciano" del Comune di Varese

 

other name:

Colonia Varese  
address: Cervia (RA), Milano Marittima,
viale Matteotti
client: City of Varese?
architect: Mario Loreti
year: 1937-39
capacity: 700 (800)
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia Mantovana

 

other name:

 
address: Cervia (RA), Milano Marittima,
viale Due Giugno / via Forlģ
client: ing. de Giorgis,
ing. Mengis
architect: 1933
year:  
capacity: 500
state:

demolished in the 70ies
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Gino Cancellotti
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client:
Montecatini, Florence
architect: Eugenio Montuori
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Ernesto Salviati
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Franzi
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (desing concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Clemente Busiri-Vici
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Gaspare Lenzi
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Cesare Scoccimarro
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Angioldomenico Pica
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina Montecatini (design concept - Montecatini competition)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Cervia (RA)
client: Montecatini, Florence
architect: Luigi Piccinato
year: 1936
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina della G.I.L.

 

other name:

Colonia Centro Climatico Marino,
Centro "Padre Camillini"

 
address: Milano marittima (RA),
viale Romagna
client: G.I.L. - Gioventł italiano del littorio
architect:  
year: 1938
capacity: 300
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia "Villa Sacro Cuore"

 

other name:

Villa Sacro Cuore  
address: Milano marittima (RA),
viale Enrico Toti 2
client: Istituto Suore Orsoline F.M.I.
architect:
year: 1930ies
1960ies extension
capacity: 80
state:

  

Colonia Ferrovieri Fascisti "Dante"

 

other name:

 
address: Cervia (RA),
via Cristoforo Columbo
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:


refurbished, hotel
  

Colonia marina "Dott. Paolo Missiroli"

 

other name:

 
address: Castiglione - Cervia (RA), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
Forlì-Cesena (FC) 
  

Colonia pontificia Bresciana "Leone XIII"

 

other name:

 

 
address: Cesenatico (FC),
viale Amerigo Vespucci /
Viale Tito Speri
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:     
state:

 
  

Colonia marina permanente Veronese

 

other name:

 
address: Cesenatico (FC),
viale Piave
client:
City of Verona?
architect:  
year: 1891 Circolo dei Signori,
1918-20 Eritrea Hotel,
1923 pavillion,
1925 u. 1928 extension
since 1936 Colonia di Vacanza
capacity:  
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia marina "Francesco Baracca" Bergamo

 

other name:

Colonia Fascista Bergamasca
Colonia "Francesco Romero"

 
address: Cesenatico (FC),
viale Giosuč Carducci
client: City of Bergamo?
architect:  
year: 1928
capacity:  
state:

school
  

Colonia marina AGIP "Sandro Mussolini"

 

other name:

Colonia marina Agip

 
address: Cesenatico (FC),
viale Carducci 181
client: AGIP, Rome
architect: Giuseppe Vaccaro
year: 1938
capacity: 300
state:

colonie
  

Colonia marina "Lino Redaelli"

 

other name:

 
address: Cesenatico (FC), ?
client: Redaelli, Milano
architect: Enrico Agostino Griffini
year: 1935-38,
1948 extension?
capacity: 72
state:

demolished
  

Colonia marina di Cantł

 

other name:

 
address: Cesenatico (FC), ?
client: City of Cantù?
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina dell'Acqua - Legnano

 

other name:

Colonia del "Cotonificio F.lli dell'Acqua" - Legnano

 
address: Cesenatico (FC), ?
client: Cotonificio (cotton mill) F.lli dell'Acqua, Legnano
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina Lane Rossi (Lanerossi)

 

other name:

 
address: Gatteo a mare (FC),
viale Giulio Cesare /
viale delle Nazioni
client:  
architect:  
year: 1933
capacity:  
state:

demolished
  

Colonia solarium "R. Moretti"

 

other name:

Colonia marina "Giovanni Degola" - Reggiana

 
address: Gatteo a mare (FC),
viale Giulio Cesare
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

demolished
  

Colonia Ambrosiana

 

other name:

 
address: Gatteo a mare (FC),
viale Giosué Carducci
client: Caritas Ambrosiana
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

demolished
Rimini (RN) 
  

Colonia marina Ferrovieri Fascisti

 

other name:

Colonia O.P.A.F.S.

 
address: Bellaria (RN),
viale Andrea Pinzon
client: O.P.A.F.S. - Opera Previdenzą e Assistenza Ferrovieri Statali
architect:  
year: 1930
capacity:    300
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia della Federazione dei Fasci della Provincia di Trento

 

other name:

 
address: Colonia marina Trento "Stella Marina"
client: Bellaria (RN),
viale Pinzon
architect: Federazione dei Fasci della Provincia di Trento
year: Emilio Gaffuri,
ing. Segalla
capacity: 1939
state:

demolished
  

Colonia marina A.N.I.E.P.

 

other name:

Villa marina ANIEP

   
address: Igea Marina (RN),
viale Pinzon 254
client: A.N.I.E.P. - Assoziazone Nazionale Tra Invalidi Per Esiti Di Poliomelite
architect:  
year:  
capacity: 130
state:

 
  

Colonia Pavese

 

other name:

Colonia dell'Ente,
Colonia Climatiche della Provincia di Pavia

 
address: Igea Marina (RN),
viale Pinzon
client: Province of Pavia?
architect: ing. Avanza,
geom. Riccardi
year: 1928, 1930-34
capacity:  
state:

1984 demolished
  

Colonia marina Ternana

 

other name:

 
address: Igea Marina (RN),
viale Pinzon
client: Federazione dei Fasci di combattimenti di Terni
architect:  
year: 1932
1960ies rebuild
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia Milanese "Alba"

 

other name:

 
address: Igea Marina (RN), ?
client:  
architect: G. A. Bamonte?
year: 1930ies
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina Lecchese

 

other name:

Colonia Fondazione "Giuseppe Aldč" dei Fasci di Combattimento di Lecco

   
address: Igea Marina (RN),
viale Pinzon
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Lecco
architect:  
year:
end of 1920ies
capacity:  
state:

demolished
  

Colonia marina Valledrane

 

other name:

 
address: Torre Pedrera (RN),
via Apollonia 44
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina Bresciana

 

other name:

Colonia Fondazione Villagio dei Raggazi "Maddaloni"

   
address: Torre Pedrera (RN),
via Appollonia
client:  
architect:  
year: 1930ies
capacity: 180
state:

colonia
  

Colonia marina Perugina

 

other name:

 
address: Torre Pedrera (RN),
viale Porto Palos
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Perugia
architect:  
year: 1926
capacity:  
state:

1986 demolished
  

Colonia marina "Latteria Soresinese"

 

other name:

 
address: Torre Pedrera (RN),
viale Porto Palos
client: Latteria (dairy) Soresinese, Soresina
architect:  
year: 1926
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Principessa Maria di Piemonte"

 

other name:

 
address: Torre Pedrera (RN), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia Patronato Scolastico

 

other name:

 
address: Marebello di Rimini (RN),
viale Regina Margherita
client: Patronato Scolastico
architect:  
year: 1926
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina

 

other name:

Colonia marina "Pio XII"

 
address: Marebello di Rimini (RN), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Giuseppe Amati"

 

other name:

 
address:
Marebello di Rimini (RN), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Alessandro Mussolini"

 

other name:

Colonia Forlivese,
Colonia marina Industriale di Bologna

 
address:
Miramare di Rimini (RN),
viale Regina Margherita
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Forlģ
architect:
A. Fuzzi
year: 1930
capacity:  
state:

Istituto Tecnico Statale per il Turismo Marco Polo
  

Colonia marina S.A.D.E.

 

other name:

Colonia E.N.E.L.

 
address: Rimini-Rivazzurra (RN),
viale Regina Margherita 22-24-26
client: S.A.D.E. - Societą Adriatica di Elettricitą,
E.N.E.L. - Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica di Venezia
architect:  
year: 1932
1960ies rebuild
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina della Federazione Fascista di Novara

 

other name:

Colonia Novarese

 
address: Rimini (RN),
viale Principi di Piemonte
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimenti di Novara
architect: Giuseppe Peverelli
year: 1934
capacity: 900-1.500
state:

refurbished
  

Colonia Bolognese "Decima Legio"

 

other name:

Colonia "Cardinal Lercaro"

 
address: Rimini (RN),
viale d'Annunzio
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimenti di Bologna?
architect: Ildebrando Tabarroni
year: 1934
capacity: 1.000-1.200
state:

abandoned
  

Colonia "IX Maggio"

 

other name:

Colonia O.P.A.F.S. Ferrovieri

 
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
client: O.P.A.F.S. - Opera Previdenzą e Assistenza Ferrovieri Statali
architect:  
year: 1930ies
capacity: 144
state:

 
  

Colonia marina - Dalmine

 

other name:

 
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
client:
architect: Giovanni Greppi
year: 1936
capacity: 300
state:

refurbished and rebuilt, hotel "Le Conchiglie"
  

Colonia marina "Amos Maramotti"

 

other name:

Colonia marina Reggiana,
Centro Vacanze Reggio Emilia

 
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Gabriele d'Annunzio 146
client: Province of Reggio Emilia?
architect: Costano Costantini
year: 1934
capacity: 500
state:

partly surf and sailing school,
partly abandoned
  

Colonia marina "Adriatica Soliera Carpi"

 

other name:

   
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
client:  
architect:  
year: 1930ies
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Primavera"

 

other name:

 
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Gabriele d'Annunzio
client:  
architect:  
year: 1939?
capacity: 153
state:

 
  

Colonia P.N.F. Milano "Enrico Toti"

 

other name:

 
address: Riccione (RN), ?
client: P.N.F. - Partito Nationale Fascista di Milano,
STIPEL - Societą telefonica interregionale piemontese e lombarda?
architect:  
year: 1932
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "F. Bertazzoni"

 

other name:

 
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Torino 7
client: Fratelli Bertazzoni, Guastalla
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

partly cultural centre "Centro Adria"
  

Colonia marina "Mario Ruini" Modenese

 

other name:

 
address: Riccione (RN),
viale Gabriele D'Annunzio
client:  
architect:  
year: 1920ies
capacity:  
state:

1977 demolished
  

Colonia marina "Gondar"

 

other name:

 
address: Riccione (RN), ?
client: Federazione provinciale fascista di Brescia
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina (design conept)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Riccione (RN)
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento di Torino
architect: Ettore Sot-Sas,
Alfio Guaitoli
year: 1934
capacity: 2.000
state:

-
  

Colonia estiva (design concept)

 

other name:

-

 
address: Riccione (RN)
client:  
architect: (Egidio?) Dabbeni
year:  
capacity:  
state:

-
  

Colonia marina "Principessa Maria di Piemonte"

 

other name:

Colonia della Federazione dei Fasci di Piacenza,
Colonia Piacentina

 
address: Misano Adriatico (RN)
client: Federazione Provinciale Fascista di Piacenza?
architect:  
year: 1930
capacity:  
state:

demolished
  

Colonia marina Valconce

 

other name:

 
address: Misano Adriatico (RN), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Ved. Marro"

 

other name:

 
address: Misano Adriatico (RN), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia "Alfonso M. Fusco"

 

other name:

 
address: Misano Adriatico (RN),
via Litoranea Sud 29
client:  
architect:  
year: 1927
capacity: 370
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "XXVIII Ottobre"

 

other name:

Le Navi

 
address: Cattolica (RN),
via Germania
client: Direzione Generale degli Italiani all'Estero
architect: Clemente Busiri Vici
year: 1934
capacity: 1.100
state:

partly demolished,
partly rebuilt and refurbished "Aquapark"
  

Colonia marina "Camillo Balbo"

 

other name:

Colonia Ferrarese

 
address: Cattolica (RN),
via Giosuč Carducci
client: Federazione dei Fasci di Combattimento della Provincia di Ferrara
architect: Giorgio Gandini
year: 1932
capacity:  
state:

hotel
  Marche
   Pesaro e Urbino (PU) 
   Convitto e Colonia Villa Marina
 

other name:

 
address: Pesaro (PU),
viale Trieste 234
client: Associazione Nazionale Fascista dei Postelegrafonici
architect:  
year: 18 August 1928
capacity:    
state:

)student dorms "Villa Marina"
  

Colonia Fascio Primogenito - Milanese

 

other name:

Colonia Postelegrafonici,
Colonia FIAT,
Colonia "Bonomelli"

 
address: Pesaro (PU),
viale della Vittoria
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Tonini"

 

other name:

 
address: Fano (PU), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Santa Lucia"

 

other name:

Colonia "Santa Cecilia"

 
address: Marotta (PU),
via Damiano Chiesa 44
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
Ancona (AN) 
  

Colonia marina GIL "Maria Pia di Savoia"

 

other name:

Colonia marina U. N. E. S.,
Colonia Marina Enel

 
address: Senigallia (AN),
lungomare Leonardo da Vinci
client: G.I.L. - Gioventł italiana del littorio,
U. N. E. S., Unione Esercizi, Elletrici Recepis Enel, Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica
architect:  
year: 1935, later increased
capacity:     
state:

2009 demolsihed
  

Colonia marina "Umberto I. di Savoia"

 

other name:

Colonia marina Gioventł Italiana Savone

 
address: Senigallia (AN),
lungomare Leonardo da Vinci
client:  
architect:  
year: 1935
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina Associazione Fascisti Ferrovieri

 

other name:

Colonia Balneare Ferrovieri

 
address: Senigallia (AN), ?
client: Associazione Fascisti Ferrovieri
architect:  
year: 1935?
capacity:  
state:

 
Macerata (MC) 
  

Colonia Comando Federale G.I.L. - Macerata

 

other name:

Colonia marina Terni

 
address: Civitanova or Portocivitanova (MC),
viale Vittorio Veneto
client:  
architect: Gustavo Stainer
year: 1937-39
capacity:     
state:

school
Ascoli Piceno (AP)
  

Colonia "Principe di Piemonte"

 

other name:

Colonia Istituto,
Colonia OPAFS?,
Colonia Ferrovieri

 
address: Porto San Giorgio (AP),
lungomare Gramsci
client:  
architect:  
year: 1935
capacity:    1.000
state:

 
  

Colonia marina

 

other name:

   
address: San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), viale Alfredo Scipioni 7
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
  Abruzzo
   Teramo (TE) 
   Colonia marina "Rosa Maltoni Mussolini"
 

other name:

Colonia marina E.N.A.M.

 
address: Giulianova (TE),
lungomare Zara
client: E.N.A.M. - Ente Nazionale Assistenza Magistrale
architect: comm. Cesare Migliori?,
Alberto Ricci
year: 1933-37
capacity:    
state:

)refurbished
  

Colonia marina

 

other name:

 
address: Silvi (TE),
via Arrigo Rossi
client:  
architect:  
year: 1938?
capacity:  
state:

 
Pescara (PE) 
  

Colonia "Stella Maris" - Montesilvano

 

other name:

 

 
address: Pescara (PE),
viale Aldo Moro
client:  
architect: Francesco Leoni,
ing. Carlo Liguori
year: 1938
capacity:     
state:

2008 refurbished
  

Colonia M.V.S.N.

 

other name:

 
address: Pescara (PE),
largo Immacolata
client: M.V.S.N. - Milizia Volontaria pro La Sicurezza Nazionale
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

demolished
Chieti (CH) 
  

Colonia "San Polo" - Brescia

 

other name:

 

 
address: Francavilla al Mare (CH), ?
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:     
state:

 
  Apulia
  Foggia (FG)
   Colonia educatorio della G.I.L. (desing concept)
 

other name:

-

 
address: Foggia (FG)
client:
architect: Sergio Mezzina
year:  
capacity:    
state: )-
  

Colonia marina "G. Postiglione"

 

other name:

 
address: San Menaio (FG),
via Pineta Marzini
client:  
architect: Francesco delli Muti
year: 21 April 1936
capacity:  
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Stella maris"

 

other name:

 
address: Siponto (FG),
viale dei Pini in Siponto
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:  
state:

 
Brindisi (BR) 
  

Colonia marina "Sacro Cuore"

 

other name:

 

 
address: Torre Canne (BR),
via Torre Faro 118
client: Istituto Sacro Cuore (Opera Don Guanella)
architect:  
year: 1934
capacity:     
state:

hostel
Lecce (LE) 
  

Colonia Trieste

 

other name:

 

 
address: Laghi Alimini (Otranto) (LE),
SP 366
client:  
architect:  
year:  
capacity:     
state:

 
  

Colonia marina "Luigi Scargilia"

 

other name:

 
address: Leuca (LE),
via Doppia Croce
client:  
architect:  
year: 1928-30
capacity:  
state:

interupted rebuild, abandoned
 
 
     
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This Web page presents a typological investigation of the architecture of the children's holiday camps of Fascist Italy. It serves neither for glorification and idealization nor belittlement of the Fascist regime and its ideology but as a source for a critical debate on this issue.  
 
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