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    Elsa was the niece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, a renowned astronomer and director of the Brera observatory, who unwittingly started the legend of Martians on the planet Mars. Ernesto Schiaparelli, an archeologist, directed theEgyptianMuseumofTorinofor many years. Her uncle Luigi Schiaparelli, a paleographer, established the Schiaparelli Foundation. Instead Elsa Schiaparelli …

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