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- ↑ (in Italian) Marisa Ranieri Panetta, Ecco le catacombe del Duce, L'Espresso, 4 May 2000
- ↑ "Layout and Design of Jewish Catacombs in Rome: The Villa Torlonia Catacombs".
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