Nuns Fight Italian Town’s Plan To Take Away Their Beach Club
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In a small village on the Ligurian coast, an unusual dispute rages. Nuns of a religious community fight against the mayor – for a beach.
The municipality of Spotorno announced that the concession would be the subject of a public tender in the autumn. The Sisters ensure that the profits are used for charitable works, according to the British daily "the Guardian".
In a coastal town in northern Italy, a battle has erupted between a local order of nuns and the municipal government. For years, the nuns have managed a section of beach where they raise money for charity projects by renting out sunbeds and parasols. The mayor of the coastal town of Spotorno, Mattia Fiorini, now wants to put an end to this. The municipality wants to open up the section of beach to comply with local and European regulations and …
A group of Italian nuns from the order Suore di Carità di Santa Maria has come into conflict with the municipality of Spotorno. The nuns are vehemently opposing Mayor Mattia Fiorini's plan to put their beach club, Bagni Gino Garrone, out to public tender. With the proceeds from the fifty-meter stretch of beach, the nuns finance a local kindergarten and a summer camp.
In Spotorno, a town in Italy's Liguria region, a public tender for a beach resort that has been run by nuns for nearly 80 years has sparked controversy. The nuns, who say they use their income for charitable purposes, have reacted negatively to the decision, while the municipality argues that, according to European Union rules, everyone should bid under the same conditions.
In the Italian coastal town of Spotorno, a conflict is raging that local newspapers describe as a ‘holy war’. The stakes: fifty meters of beach that...
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