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| | Vandalism damages Venice's Ducal Palace and a Renaissance church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | The Ducal Palace, one of Venice's most famous landmarks, was vandalized this weekend, causing a few small fragments to fall off a 15th-century column on the building's facade, city officials said Monday. |
 | | The Ducal Palace, a building overlooking St. Mark's Square that served as the seat of Venice's rulers for centuries, was damaged Sunday night, city official Sofia Arinaldi said. |
 | | A vandal used a blunt object to strike the ornate capital at the top of the column, severing the arms of the figures of Jesus Christ and Moses, along with a tablet bearing the 10 commandments, Arinaldi said. |
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