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AP PHOTOS: Rome churches beckon with art and no 'hordes'

by Beatrice Larco
| January 2, 2021 12:12 AM

ROME (AP) — Like elsewhere in Europe, museums and art galleries closed in Italy in the spring and again in the fall to contain the spread of COVID-19, leaving virtual tours as the best option for art lovers who wanted to see the treasures held by institutions such as the Uffizi Galleries in Florence and the Vatican Museums in Rome.

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