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- ↑ Redazione (2016-03-25). "Rocca Priora. A Bruxelles, nella sala "Aldo Moro" del Parlamento Europeo un bassorilievo bronzeo di Benedetto Robazza [Foto]". Cronache Cittadine (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-11-26.
- ↑ Esposito, Fabio (2015). Benedetto Robazza - Inferno from The Divine Comedy by Alighieri (in Italian). con-fine edizioni. ISBN 978-88-96427-66-8.
- ↑ "Exhibition on Dante Alighieri at the Villa Comunale di Sorrento".
- ↑ "Benedetto Robazza | 25 Artworks at Auction | MutualArt". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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