(ANSA) - Florence, July 6 - Europe's oldest woman died in a
village near Florence on Friday.
Giuseppina Projetto died at Montelupo Fiorentino at the age
of 116 years and 37 days.
She was also the world's second oldest person behind Japan's
Chyho Miyako, 117.
A native of La Maddalena near Sassari in Sardinia, she had
been living at Montelupo since the 1960s having moved there with
her son Renato Frau, who died trying to save a bather near
Livorno at the age of 39.
Europe's oldest woman dies near Florence
Giuseppina Projetto was 116