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I'm Levy Dalton.

I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, The town of Nitza Monferrato is nestled in Astes Belbo River Valley. With preserved ancient architecture, a centuries old bell tower,

archways and cobblestone streets, this seemingly quiet and quaint town has had quite an

impressive presence in the Piedmonte over the last

800 years or so.

It was fought over by various European monarchies as a key strategic location, a gateway to powerful cities in the south in a push for land farther

down the peninsula.

The 17th century was a dark century marked with multiple tumultuous fights and power struggles and devastating

plague outbreaks that took their toll on the community. During the

Industrial Revolution, many young girls from the country sought jobs in the neighboring cities, and

when they arrived, they found themselves at risk to homelessness and hunger, and in need of job

skills to stay off the streets.

This transition in the mid-1800s from agriculture jobs

to city jobs can be seen in the life details

of local saint Maria Mazzarella.

Maria's parents were vineyard workers.

But after about with typhoid fever,

she couldn't work in the fields with them,

so she apprenticed as a seamstress during the area's textile boom when this region was known for silks.

Maria founded a refuge nearby for street girls to house them and teach them sewing.

Today, Nitsa Monferrato is more well known for

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