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Henrietta Tower (Henriette, Enrichetta) (26 October 1856 – 3 April 1933) was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.[1] While living in Rome, she and her husband, George Washington Wurts, created an art collection containing approximately 3,000 works[2] that was donated on her death in 1933 to Benito Mussolini. The art collection remains in Rome, and their villa and gardens are open to the public.

  1. ^ Marquardt, Catherine. "Pottsville heiress Henrietta Tower Wurts was philanthropist, friend of Mussolini". Republican-Herald. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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