An old house in Volterra, Italy.
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Flag Throwers of Volterra
The sbandieratori di Volterra are a group of young people who play with flags together with good musicians and compete in flag-throwing competitions in Italy. They train in the former laundry and the beautiful garden of the Conservatorio di San Pietro. That they performed for the prisoners inside the high-security medieval fortress touched my heart.
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