A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy on Sunday causing damage to many historical structures, homes, warehouses and factories.
Thousands have been rendered homeless in the area stretching from Modena to Mantova, where the quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Many have been sleeping in camps, tents and cars as civil protection crews assess the damage.
While the region's capital Bologna was relatively unaffected by the quake, many medieval monuments were wrecked, including a clock tower in Finale Emilia that split in half before being completely knocked down in an aftershock.
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