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Nuns Fight Italian Town’s Plan To Take Away Their Beach Club

Summary by Deccan Chronicle
Decades-old beach concession helps fund the Catholic sisters’ charitable work

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The nuns argue that they should retain the concession in the town of Spotorno, Italy, which they have been exploiting since 1946, because with it they finance charitable activities.Free the beaches! Who will win the fight against the privatization of the coast of Italy? A group of Italian nuns opposes the plans of the town council to take away their beach club, which is the last high point in the prolonged debate on the monopoly of private conce…

·Madrid, Spain
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Italian nuns of the order Suore di Carità di Santa Maria fight against the plan of the town council of Spotorno that seeks to take away their beach club. This dispute began after a stretch of sand of 50 meters of the resort Bagni Gino Garrone was designated for public tender by the City Hall.

·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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In a small village on the Ligurian coast, an unusual dispute rages. Nuns of a religious community fight against the mayor – for a beach.

·Berlin, Germany
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The municipality of Spotorno announced that the concession would be the subject of a public tender in the autumn. The Sisters ensure that the profits are used for charitable works, according to the British daily "the Guardian".

·Paris, France
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In a coastal town in northern Italy, a battle has erupted between a local order of nuns and the municipal government. For years, the nuns have managed a section of beach where they raise money for charity projects by renting out sunbeds and parasols. The mayor of the coastal town of Spotorno, Mattia Fiorini, now wants to put an end to this. The municipality wants to open up the section of beach to comply with local and European regulations and …

·Hilversum, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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A group of Italian nuns from the order Suore di Carità di Santa Maria has come into conflict with the municipality of Spotorno. The nuns are vehemently opposing Mayor Mattia Fiorini's plan to put their beach club, Bagni Gino Garrone, out to public tender. With the proceeds from the fifty-meter stretch of beach, the nuns finance a local kindergarten and a summer camp.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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la Nacion broke the news in Vicente López, Argentina on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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