I checked out an online newspaper called Dolomiten and, oddly enough, found no mention of the earthquake. ==Dan Pearlman At 02:53 PM 07/18/2001 -0400, you wrote: >The earthquake in Northern Italy has had is epicentre at Merano, the news >said there was not serious damage to the buildings, and reported three >person died (for fright and heart-break) and a lost mountaineer. >There was not reported regarding Brunnenburg Castle and its inhabitants, >thus I assume there are OK as that place is quite famous in northern Italy. > >chiara padovan Dan Pearlman's home page: http://pages.zdnet.com/danpearl/danpearlman/ My new fiction collection, THE BEST-KNOWN MAN IN THE WORLD AND OTHER MISFITS, may be previewed at http://www.aardwolfpress.com/ "Perfectly-crafted gems": Jack Dann, Nebula & World Fantasy Award winner Director, Council for the Literature of the Fantastic: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/ OFFICE: Department of English University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 Tel.: 401 874-4659 Fax: (253) 681-8518 email: [log in to unmask]