Attilio Avellino – one of his nine children, and born on Ponza – joined his father in the Big Apple in 1946.
But now, after decades in the US, their descendants are back on the island – living inside their old casa grotta (cave home), which they’ve renovated to a modern standard.
Homes sculpted from the rockBrigida Avellino and Loredana Romano have swapped the US for their ancestral 'cave home' on Ponza.
Loredana RomanoBrigida Avellino, 70 – Attilio’s daughter – lives with her daughter Loredana Romano, 44, in one of Ponza’s most beautiful cave homes.
Ponza, on the other hand, is a small island which makes Romano feel safer.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
Rome, Ponza, Naples, New York, Loredana, Avellino, York City, Le Forna, Florida, Ponza’s, Italian
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