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Stories and curiosities for April 1, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

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No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

Village of the day Alà dei Sardi Sassari

Alà dei Sardi: the names of Roman veterans still on the map, and a wrong etymology that supplied the proof of the right one.

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