PAC Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea
Contemporary art pavilion rebuilt twice after mafia bomb damage, hosting rotating exhibitions.
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This guide to the PAC contemporary art pavilion in Milan traces the night of July 27, 1993, when a car bomb planted by the Sicilian mafia detonated outside its walls, part of a summer of attacks that also struck Rome's churches. Five people died, including three firefighters and a man asleep on a nearby bench. The guide follows architect Ignazio Gardella, who had designed this building in 1948 to replace a villa flattened by wartime bombing.
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