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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Veronica Andrea Sauchelli

Families evacuated from Gaza enjoy a day to decompress at Rome's ancient baths

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The Baths of Caracalla, the sumptuously decorated public baths complex near the Colosseum, were long a place of leisure, healthcare and relaxation for ancient Romans.

On Sunday, the place provided a different sort of decompression to a group of Palestinian children and their families who had been evacuated from Gaza for medical care, thanks to Italy’s program of “humanitarian corridors.”

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