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8 hours agoHauser & Wirth to Open Sicily Location in Historic Palazzo
Hauser & Wirth will establish its first Italian gallery in Palermo's historic Palazzo Forcella De Seta, subject to possible government pre-emption.
The cesspit was found at the outflow of the 13th/14th century garderobes (toilets that were basically niches built into castle walls with open holes over a shaft that disgorged waste into a ditch or moat). Rebecca Nichols, a senior project manager from Pre-Construct Archaeology, which is overseeing the works, said the team were very surprised when they made the discovery. Ms Nichols said the team had found a cesspit or soakaway, capped with a worn millstone but added we're not quite sure which one yet.