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ROME, Oct 31, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- An ongoing art exhibit in Rome is focusing on works of art that Italian police officials have managed to recover after being stolen.
Appropriately named "Stolen Art: The Return," the exhibit at Rome's revamped Meeting Palace features nearly 100 works of art that government officials managed to recover from their unlawful owners, said the Italian press agency ANSA.
"This exhibition shows just how precious the work of the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit and the Finance Guard is," Enrico Gasbarra, the provincial governor of Rome, said regarding the official units responsible for recovering Italy's stolen art.
The art exhibit features several artifacts once stolen from area churches, but key among the celebrated pieces may be Amedeo Modigliani's work, "Girl with Red Stockings."
The work by the Italian artist was stolen in the 1990s and not been publicly displayed since being recovered.
ANSA said that the exhibit is scheduled to continue offering free attendance to all until it concludes its run on Dec. 19.
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