31.   To any son of this modest, contented hill town, it would have been a vainglorious declaration, made creaky by the rustle of ancient merit badges.

32.   View the Swiss Alps, a Tuscan hill town or the Mediterranean Sea while chatting with a retired grandfather about his life in the hills above Naples.

33.   A pair of strong quakes last September inflicted heavy damage in these and other picturesque hill towns in the Umbria and Marche regions north of Rome.

34.   And things will never be the same in a handful of hill towns almost completely razed by the quakes.

35.   An American opera singer, Susan Bullock, won the top award Friday at the annual summer Festival of Two Worlds in this hill town.

36.   Some pieces of stone fell from Santa Maria degli Angeli, just outside the hill town, AGI said.

37.   The aftershock caused further damage to homes in this Umbrian hill town.

38.   The Basilica of Spoleto, another medieval masterpiece in another Umbrian hill town, was also heavily damaged by the quakes.

39.   With a gospel choir singing in the background, pop diva Eros Ramazzotti and TV hostess Michelle Hunzicker said wedding vows Friday in this hill town outside Rome.