This photo was taken in Pennapiedimonte, Italy. The hands on the clock are the same ones that were there when my great-grandfather, Antonio Santoleri married his bride Sofia DiPlacido in this church in 1898. The face of the clock was changed in 1963, the year I was born. The clock gongs every 15 minutes, so wherever you are in the village, you know what time it is without looking at a watch. The priest at the church showed my son Nick and I the church record of their marriage, along with the births of many of their children. we also stayed in their home with a cousin from the DiPlacido side of the family, Domenico. The family resemblance was stunning!
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It must be amazing to be part of your families history- the connection with the church is lovely.
My cousin Bruce, who passed away last year, was an amazing historian. He hooked me up with our distant cousin Domenico and made it possible for us to visit there. I will be forever grateful to him.
I wish I had asked more questions of my Mother and her siblings but they are all gone now. So much history passed from our knowledge with them.
Our family was quite lucky to have a historian like my cousin Bruce. We also had a family reunion 12 years ago where some of the older cousins told lots of stories and we video taped them.
I love Italy, it’s so beautiful. only been to sicily and rome so far!
I need to blog about our visit there… Maybe on the long plane trip home in two weeks I’ll write some posts about it.