As dozens of cinemas in Rome are turned into shops and bingo halls, young activists backed by Hollywood heavyweights have won a decade-long legal battle to save the city’s largest single-screen venue from demolition.A court has issued a preservation order on the 1950s Cinema America, in the historic Trastevere district, marking a triumph for the 100 activists who squatted in the 700-seater venue in 2012 to fight plans to turn it into flats.
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