Rome — Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday vowed to rebuild the entire region flattened by Sunday’s earthquake as the country’s main farming union called for help. Speaking from Preci in the mountainous central region of Italy that has been devastated by three powerful tremors in just more than two months, Renzi warned it would take time. "I’m here to say that it won’t be easy, it will take a long time ... but little by little everything will be rebuilt," Renzi told villagers in Preci. He had already pledged to rebuild every affected home while Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has promised every damaged fresco would be pieced back together. Sunday’s 6.6-magnitude earthquake, whose epicentre was near the mediaeval town of Norcia, which is famed for its ham and salami, was the most powerful to strike the country in 36 years. Although it did not cause any deaths, it left about 22,000 people homeless with authorities putting them in hotels and holiday resorts on the Adriat...
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