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Born in the Mountains

In a small village in the far north of Italy, at the base of the Dolomite mountains, cobbler Narciso Delladio began hand-craft ing wooden clogs and leather boots for farmers and lumberjacks who worked in the surrounding Fassa and Fiemme valleys. The year was 1928, and Delladio quickly converted the cellar in

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