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Princeton to Return Disputed Art to Italy

Rome | Princeton University announced on Friday that its art museum had reached an agreement to return eight ancient works to Italy that the Italian government says were looted and illicitly exported.

The pact calls for the Princeton University Art Museum to send back four of the objects immediately and to keep four on loan for the next four years, the university said in a statement. In a partial victory of sorts, Princeton will keep seven other pieces that had been part of negotiations.

The accord, which is to be signed here on Tuesday, was reached after nearly 18 months of talks. Reached by telephone, Maurizio Fiorilli, an Italian government lawyer who heads a negotiating committee on restitution issues, described the negotiations as “cordial but tough.”
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