University of Turin, Palazzo Nuovo cleaned after the occupation

TURIN, JULY 1 – This morning, the rector of the University of Turin, Stefano Geuna, visited Palazzo Nuovo, home to the humanities department, after the end of the occupation by pro-Palestine students and after the week-long work to remove the numerous graffiti created by the occupiers during the forty days of protest. At the moment, explained the rector, Stefano Geuna, the university is evaluating whether or not to proceed with the request for compensation for damages. “These are issues that have various aspects, including legal ones,” explained Geuna. The main issue is graffiti. “We have cleaned the walls of murals and graffiti,” said Genua, “we have also found other damage to some window frames and latches.” “There is still no total amount of damage suffered, which is huge in itself. However, we are talking about many thousands of euros – explained Geuna -. Clearly forty days of occupation without allowing personnel in and without maintenance led to the damage. This was what we expected. The important part of the work was the repainting”, concludes the rector of Turin. In recent days, the Turin DIGOS had sent a report to the prosecutor’s office regarding the pro-Palestinian occupations in the universities of the Piedmont capital and the damage to Palazzo Nuovo had also been examined.