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Court Gives Ceausescu's Art Collection to His Heirs

A court in Bucharest ruled Wednesday that an art collection seized from the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu will be returned to his heirs, Reuters reported. The collection, which includes two engravings by Goya, as well as paintings by the Romanian artists Nicolae Tonitza, Theodor Pallady and Gheorghe Petrascu, were seized by the state after Ceausescu was overthrown in December 1989 and he and his wife, Elena, were executed. Since then, the artworks have been kept in a warehouse maintained by Romania’s National Arts Museum. Haralambie Voicilas, a lawyer representing Ceausescu’s son Valentin, told Reuters that the court “eventually reached the right decision.” He added, “After years of court trials, property returns to the rightful owners.

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