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The Bridge That Divides Italy
For longer than anyone can remember, those who dreamed big about ruling Italy also envisioned a bridge to Sicily—and failed to build it.
Gisela Salim-Peyer
Gisela Salim-Peyer is an associate editor at The Atlantic.
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