Tracking down my family; Castagnola, Italy

The view from Castagnola

 

Saturday I went to Castagnola, Italy. This is the town that the Cassellas, my mother’s family, is originally from before immigrating to New York City around the turn of the 20^th century. I have always wanted to visit this town and had been trying to plan this trip for quite some time now. My great uncle, August Cassella, had visited the town roughly 15 years ago. He gave me some information about where the town is, some pictures, and a T-shirt that he had made when he went there. He said he brought 12 T-shirts for the town.