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Italian art of bell-making gets onto UNESCO list

We've been waiting for it for over 40 yrs says papal foundry

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(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 7 - The ancient Italian art of bell-making has made it onto UNESCO's list of humanity's intangible cultural heritage.
    Italy follows Spain, whose bell-makers were recognised two years ago.
    "We are very happy, we have been waiting for it for over forty years", Gabriella Marinelli, one of the owners of the Pontificia Fonderia at Agnone near Isernia in southern Italy, told ANSA.
    Her foundry has made papal bells for centuries and is now completing great bells for next year's Roman Catholic Jubilee Holy Year. (ANSA).
   

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