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id=\"wdt-image-box-swiper-1a8e554\"><div class=\"wdt-image-box-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"wdt-content-item\"><div class=\"wdt-content-media-group\"><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-detail-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-subtitle\">UHI<\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-title\"><h5><a href=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/en\/field-of-activity\/\">UNDERWATER HERITAGE INSTITUTE<\/a><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-description\">The main tasks of the institute are related to the preservation, research, and documentation of cultural heritage underwater within the Bulgarian territorial waters and the Bulgarian exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, as well as in the inland water bodies of the Republic of Bulgaria.<\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-button wdt-button-clone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/en\/field-of-activity\/\"><div class=\"wdt-button-text\"><span>View more<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-carousel-pagination-wrapper\"><div class=\"wdt-swiper-pagination wdt-swiper-pagination-1a8e554\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5ee026 elementor-hidden-mobile_extra elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"b5ee026\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4baab7c wdt-custom-slider-1-scroll elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-wdt-button\" data-id=\"4baab7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;wdt_animation_effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"wdt-button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcc40b7\" data-id=\"dcc40b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c86da1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wdt-heading\" data-id=\"31c86da1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;wdt_enable_inview_status&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;wdt_animation_effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"wdt-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdt-heading-holder \" id=\"wdt-heading-31c86da1\"><h4 class=\"wdt-heading-title-wrapper wdt-heading-align-default-align wdt-heading-deco-wrapper\"><span class=\"wdt-heading-title\">The Underwater Heritage Institute (before Centre for Underwater Archaeology) is a state institute under the Ministry of Culture. Established in 1978 in Sozopol, it is the oldest such centre in Eastern Europe. It operates its own research vessel and two boats, and is equipped with modern geophysical instruments.<\/span><\/h4><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84fc1ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84fc1ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1515aab7\" data-id=\"1515aab7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-733da8c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wdt-heading\" data-id=\"733da8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;wdt_enable_inview_status&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;wdt_animation_effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"wdt-heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdt-heading-holder \" id=\"wdt-heading-733da8c\"><h2 class=\"wdt-heading-title-wrapper wdt-heading-align-default-align wdt-heading-deco-wrapper\"><span class=\"wdt-heading-title\">Our team<\/span><\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d5082df custom-team elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wdt-team\" data-id=\"1d5082df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;columns_laptop&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet_extra&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile_extra&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_vertical_top_indent&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_vertical_top_indent_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_vertical_top_indent_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_vertical_top_indent_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_vertical_top_indent_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_vertical_top_indent_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_horizontal_left_indent&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_prev_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_vertical_top_indent&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_vertical_top_indent_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_vertical_top_indent_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_vertical_top_indent_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_vertical_top_indent_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_vertical_top_indent_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_horizontal_left_indent&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_tablet_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_mobile_extra&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;carousel_arrows_next_arrow_horizontal_left_indent_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;wdt_animation_effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"wdt-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wdt-team-holder wdt-content-item-holder wdt-column-holder wdt-rc-template-custom-template\" id=\"wdt-team-1d5082df\" data-settings=\"\"><div class=\"wdt-column-wrapper wdt-column-gap-default wdt-snap-scroll-enabled\" data-column-settings=\"{&quot;columnDevices&quot;:[&quot;tablet_extra&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile_extra&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-module-id=\"wdt-module-id-1d5082df\" id=\"wdt-module-id-1d5082df\"><div class=\"wdt-column\"><div class=\"wdt-content-item\"><div class=\"wdt-content-media-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-elements-group wdt-media-group wdt-media-image-overlay\"><div class=\"wdt-content-image-wrapper \"><div class=\"wdt-content-image\"><span><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4146\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prahov-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-media-image-overlay-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-detail-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-title\"><h5>Dr. Nayden Prahov<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-subtitle\">DIRECTOR<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-column\"><div class=\"wdt-content-item\"><div class=\"wdt-content-media-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-elements-group wdt-media-group wdt-media-image-overlay\"><div class=\"wdt-content-image-wrapper \"><div class=\"wdt-content-image\"><span><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4124\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KD48366_-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-media-image-overlay-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-detail-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-title\"><h5>Dr. Kalin Dimitrov<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-subtitle\">maritime archaeologist<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-column\"><div class=\"wdt-content-item\"><div class=\"wdt-content-media-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-elements-group wdt-media-group wdt-media-image-overlay\"><div class=\"wdt-content-image-wrapper \"><div class=\"wdt-content-image\"><span><img alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1969\" height=\"1969\" src=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva.jpg 1969w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iva-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1969px) 100vw, 1969px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-media-image-overlay-container\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-detail-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-title\"><h5>Ivelina Petkova<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"wdt-content-subtitle\">maritime archaeologist<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wdt-column\"><div class=\"wdt-content-item\"><div class=\"wdt-content-media-group\"><div class=\"wdt-content-elements-group wdt-media-group wdt-media-image-overlay\"><div class=\"wdt-content-image-wrapper \"><div class=\"wdt-content-image\"><span><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4145\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/JJ-768x768.jpg 768w, 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elementor-element-158f6f0 wdt-cus-flexBanner-1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wdt-flex-banner\" data-id=\"158f6f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;wdt_animation_effect&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"wdt-flex-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-options\" id=\"wdt-animation-158f6f0\" data-settings=\"{&quot;option&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"  >  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-option active\" style=\"--optionBackground:url(http:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1.-pra.jpg);\"> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-shadow\"><\/div> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-label\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-title\">Prehistoric Settlements<\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-info\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-content\"><p>along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast dated between V<sup>th<\/sup> and the beginning of the I<sup>st <\/sup>millennium BC reveal highly developed coastal and maritime-oriented society<\/p><\/div>   <\/div>  <\/div>  <\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-option \" style=\"--optionBackground:url(http:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2.-ant.jpg);\"> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-shadow\"><\/div> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-label\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-title\">Ancient Towns and Harbors<\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-info\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-content\"><p>along the entire Bulgarian Black Sea coast are discovered ancient natural breakwaters exploited by seafarers for millennia -<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>from the IV<sup>th<\/sup> - III<sup>rd <\/sup>millennium BC to the late Medieval<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>   <\/div>  <\/div>  <\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-option \" style=\"--optionBackground:url(http:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3.-potu.jpg);\"> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-shadow\"><\/div> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-label\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-title\">Shipwrecks <\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-info\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-content\"><p>The discovered shipwrecks from the Ancient, Late Antiquity, Medieval and Ottoman periods are of an exceptionally high degree of preservation due to the anaerobic environment in the depths of the Black Sea<\/p><\/div>   <\/div>  <\/div>  <\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-option \" style=\"--optionBackground:url(http:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4.-dun.jpg);\"> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-shadow\"><\/div> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-label\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-title\">Dunabe River<\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-info\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-content\"><p>is in its initial phase of exploration by the CUA, and new and intriguing discoveries are forthcoming at the sites of Oryahovo, Dimum, etc.<\/p><\/div>   <\/div>  <\/div>  <\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-option \" style=\"--optionBackground:url(http:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/5.-shko.jpg);\"> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-shadow\"><\/div> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-label\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-title\">Maritime Field Schools and Educational Programs<\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-info\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-content\"><p>are held annually and aim to expand the practical and theoretical knowledge and skills in underwater archaeology of participants from Bulgaria and abroad<\/p><\/div>   <\/div>  <\/div>  <\/div>  <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-option \" style=\"--optionBackground:url(http:\/\/cua-sozopol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6.-map.jpg);\"> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-shadow\"><\/div> <div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-label\"><div class=\"wdt-flex-banner-title\">Expeditions<\/div>  <div 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