Person:Maria Verdi (1)

Per aunt Esther, Maria was the one who taught Grandma Rose how to sew. A history of Ceglie Messapica states "The post-industrial era with its diminishing production of chemical pole of Brindisi an d its iron pole of Taranto is imposing new schemes of employment; still among great difficulties, typical in the South, the services sector aim Veduta di Ceglie Messapicaat the capacity of aggregation , wich soon could change into small industry, textile workshops thrive, meanwhile agriculture, especially the olive-one, remains one of the main source of income, sometimes integrative."

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