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Mishaps that left masterworks in tatters
Mantegna Frescoes - Andrea Mantegna
Brush with fate:
Bombed
Allied air raids over Italy during World War Two were intended to take out industrial and arms centres, however one bomb managed to stray.
The Church of Eremitani was struck, and the carnage destroyed a collection of frescoes, similar to the one above, dating back to the 15th century.
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