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    Turtles or beetles?

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    8. Turtles or beetles?

    The Parco is reportedly the world's most visited music facility with more than a million visitors each year. The structures have been given several nicknames such as blobs, beetles, scarabs, turtles, and computer mice.

    1. Image 1: Antonio Pappano Academy of St.Cecilia
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