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- ↑ (in Italian) Un altro parcheggio sulla Domus dimenticata, Corriere della Sera, 7 October 2001
- ↑ (in Italian) "Quello che resta della memoria dei primi martiri". 30 GIORNI. 7 August 1999. Retrieved 20 October 2020.