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Canaletto's 18th century painting, The Stonemason’s Yard, depicts stone workers in a Venetian city square.  (The National Gallery, London)

A Canaletto Masterpiece Stowed in a Mine During World War II Returns to Wales

“The Stonemason’s Yard” was one of many paintings that officials took from the National Gallery in London and moved underground to keep safe from Nazi forces
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