Gallery: Paolo Borsellino: The End
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Borsellino house, Palermo
Paulo Borsellino was born in this house in La Kalsa, a dilapidated neighborhood of central Palermo. (Location: Via della Vetriera, 57)
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Borsellino assassination, Palermo
A news photo depicts the bombing of July 19, 1992, in front of the building where his mother lived. (Location: Via Mariano D'Amelio, 19)
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Via D'Amelio, Palermo
Black smoke obscured the men’s severed limbs that had been jettisoned several stories high. The building has since been restored.
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Guard station, Via D'Amelio, Palermo
An olive tree, planted in the spot where the bomb detonated, has become a shrine and destination for anti-Mafia demonstrations.
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Borsellino tomb, Palermo
The investigations and trials related to Borsellino's 1992 assassination continue to this day. (Location: Santa Maria del Gesù Cemetery)
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Borsellino tomb detail, Palermo
The tomb features an actual piece of a damaged window from the bomb site, apparently vandalized by gunshots.