Even today, seven years after its own disaster, L’Aquila is a tale of two cities: part cacophonous construction site, part ghost town. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut there are sizable patches of the old city where time has stood still. That meant that offices, stores and other areas of social interaction had not returned to the city center. The objective is “to complete the city proper by 2019,” said Pietro Di Stefano, the city councilor responsible for reconstruction. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Everything is so broken that it’s going to take a long time,” she said.

Source: New York Times November 03, 2016 13:30 UTC