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Starting in the 1950s, workforce redundancies and controversial management decisions led to a long downturn that lasted until 1998, when the company - which owned more than 45 km (17 sq mi) of agricultural land as well as the castle and other important buildings - was privatised and
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The project was not completed. Due to a substantial increase in the availability of new farmlands spawned by the reclamation project, the prices of landed properties and agricultural products had in the meantime collapsed. Hence, by the beginning of the 1930s, the land was no longer seen as a safe
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In summertime it becomes one of the favorite destinations of the inhabitants of the district (especially young people), due to its proximity to the
Fregene / Maccarese coast, where bathing facilities have sprung up since the late 1970s (the official beach of the
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Before the reclamation, the territory was rather marshy, with two little lakes (now dried up), one located in the area farthest from the most populated area and the other near the castle called Villa San
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was present at the inauguration of the new headquarters. The building is a former mill designed to store cereals and to process agricultural products before distribution.
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Normanni in the 13th century, around 1300 it saw the building of the castle of Villa San Giorgio, which hosted the Alessandrini, the
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to the north-west - is best known for the homonymous farm
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is also located there); furthermore, several personalities of entertainment and journalism reside there (an example is the house of
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haven. Unsustainably high operating costs meant investors were forced to rely on a public holding company,
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