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dia universitatis her editati, letnik 7 (2019), številk a 1 94komisije za restitucijo in poskusov dogovarjanja z Itali-were relocated from Istria in 1940. The issue remains
jo se do konca devetdesetih letih na področju odtujenih open until present, while it raises a fundamental theo-
hereditatiumetnin ni veliko dogajalo. Največji premik se je zgodil,retical question regarding the conservation of artefacts
ko so italijanske oblasti 15. maja 2002 sklicale tiskovno on their original locations in contested areas that under-
konferenco, na kateri se je italijanski državni podsekre- went a major change in population.
tar na Ministrstvu za dediščino in kulturne dejavnosti
Vittorio Sgarbi predstavil vsebino 11 zabojev odpeljanih Viri in literatura
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