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Ciao! I came across an old Geocities website that lists all the families that lived in Castelpetroso. For my family name (Farro), it says the following:
THE FARRO´S
of
CASTELPETROSO
All the Farro’s lived in “Guasto”
I looked up the meaning of "guasto" and see definitions like "broken down" "damaged" or "failure"
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...