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Cross with the wood of a boat shipwrecked it ends at the British Museum
December 20, 2015
LAMPEDUSA, DECEMBER 20 - A cross made from the remains of a boat full of refugees that sank in 2013 near Lampedusa, causing the deaths of 366 people is the latest acquisition of the director of the British Museum in London, Neil MacGregor, about to leave office. The news, the Osservatore Romano, adding that the work has been assembled by the carpenter Italian Francesco Tucci, who lives in Lampedusa.
The boat, recalls the Vatican newspaper, carried across the Mediterranean over five hundred refugees from Eritrea and Somalia, of which only 151 have survived. "The work of Tucci - MacGregor explained to the BBC - will allow all visitors to reflect on this significant moment in the history of Europe, a great migration process that can change the way we think about our continent."
Among the survivors of the shipwreck of 2013 there were many Eritrean Christians fled their country of origin; Tucci was aware of their history by attending church in his neighborhood, and this meeting was born the idea of turning them into works of art the remains of the wood of the "ships of shame". The reputation worldwide came when Pope Francis used his creations during the celebration of Mass in Lampedusa, the first trip of his pontificate, in July of 2013.
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Pope Francis and the Cross
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Francesco Tucci
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