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Biellese and Vercelli in the Pampas

31 August 2024

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The appointments in Donato (BI) related to emigration continue within the Year of Italian Roots in the World.

On Sunday, September 15 at 4:30 pm at the Salone della Società Operaia (Via Umberto), the Documentation Center on emigration of Donato, in collaboration with the Ecomuseum of the Elvo Valley and Serra, is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the new book by Giancarlo Libert “Biellesi and Vercellesi in the Pampas”.

The author, born in 1963, is a freelance journalist and has been conducting research on local history and the history of Piedmontese emigration for over 30 years.
He is a member of the Centro Studi Piemontesi of Turin, of the Society of Historical Studies of Cuneo, of the Society of History and Archaeology for the provinces of Alessandria and Asti, of Iulia Dertona, of the Society of Astesi Studies and of the Urbense Academy.

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