35th G8 summit

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Corso Principe Umberto, 29, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy

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N42° 21' 2.5128" E13° 23' 59.7624"   (42.350698, 13.399934) Start navigation »

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The 35th G8 summit was held in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, on July 8–10, 2009. It was moved from the Sardinian seaside city of La Maddalena as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.
The locations of previous summits to have been hosted by Italy include: Venice (1980); Venice (1987); Naples (1994) and Genoa (2001). The G8 Summit has evolved beyond being a gathering of world political leaders. The event has become an occasion for a wide variety of non-governmental organizations, activists and civic groups to congregate and discuss a multitude of issues. The Iranian government made a formal complaint to the Italian government about "violent suppression of justice-seeking protesters by the Italian police."

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