PACENTRO. My Heritage. 563188_10151424605684143_990224480_n[1] (2)

PACENTRO. My Heritage.

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July 15th 2013
"Pacentro". For as long as I can remember, during my life, my father's hometown remained to me a fabled mystery. The tales of himself supporting his family as a child, by walking high up into the mountains and collecting and selling firewood served to create the beginnings of his past in my mind. There were stories of witches and ghosts, of children scuttling around through stone streets adorn ... read more

Europe » Italy » Abruzzo

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more