Word: malfatti
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...remained faintly visible in about 60 feet of water. From the 15th Century on, people tried to raise them, merely succeeded in damaging them with grappling hooks. From the 16th Century on, divers brought to the surface excited reports and portable relics. In 1896 the eminent marine engineer, Vittorio Malfatti, worked out a feasible plan for raising the sunk galleys. But it remained for Benito Mussolini to carry out the plan. By his order a Roman drainage tunnel, which led out under a mountain, was reopened. Four huge electric pumps were installed. With his own hand II Duce started...
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