Buildings are not people. It is an immense mercy that, so far as is currently known, there were no fatalities in the latest earthquake to hit central Italy. Yet I can't help mourning the basilica of St Benedict in Norcia. To see such a beautiful old building destroyed is gut-wrenching.

The pictures speak for themselves. In one image dust fills the morning sky as the facade of the church stands alone, the body of the building a mass of rubble behind it. In another it looks as if a bomb has taken off the roof and crushed the interior.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/