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Transhumance: An Ancient Practice at Risk

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The Transhuman Route in Italy

When the Romans conquered and colonized, they imposed a standard grid form of urban planning on towns called the Carado de Cuminus. If there was a transhuman route passing through the area, they'd line up the town streets with the route. The pastoral routes that criss-crossed Italy were also used for goats and cows. Carmelino Colantuono is a cattle herder who lives half the year in Mulize, and the other part of the year in the winter months, she's with her cows in Poulia.

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