Càstino
March 17, 2024
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Vers sera, specialmente, par de essere in cielo. The Piedmont writer, Cesare Pavese, wrote this about the village of Càstino, on whose outskirts we rented
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Vers sera, specialmente, par de essere in cielo. The Piedmont writer, Cesare Pavese, wrote this about the village of Càstino, on whose outskirts we rented
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