2009 L'Aquila earthquake injured. Twenty of the victims were children. Around 65,000 people were rendered homeless. The main earthquake was preceded by two smaller earthquakes the previous day. The earthquake was felt as far away as Rome ( away), in other parts of Lazio, as well as Marche, Molise, Umbria and Campania. Schools remained closed in the Abruzzo region. Most of the inhabitants of L'Aquila abandoned their homes and the city itself; in the city centre of L'Aquila, and the nearby village of Paganica which was also badly damaged, many streets were impassable due to fallen masonry. The hospital at L'Aquila, where many
Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art Manuscript Revealed" (2010, M-Museum of Leuven) and "Rogier van der Weyden 1400/1464 – Master of Passions" (2009, M-Museum of Leuven) In addition, the research centre publishes four in-house publications: "Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts", "Art and Religion", "Studies in Iconology", and "Iconologies". Illuminare also produces exhibition catalogues and colloquium proceedings. In 2017, the Royal Flemish Academy for Sciences and the Arts bestowed the whole Illuminare team with the annual Science Communication Prize, in recognition of the exhibition "In Search of Utopia." Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art KU Leuven,