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"Caffarel has always combined a spirit of hand-made craftsmanship, to which it is loyal by nature
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| In 1826, the upheaval and the horrors of Napoleon's wars had only recently ended in Europe. Weapons had been returned to their sheaths, and a peaceful silence was restored in the Piedmont region of Italy. At last, there was time to think, to build and to create. The capital of the Savoy kingdom was Turin, a small city of 90,000 people that was isolated by the majestic and impassable Alps. It had not yet become the frenetic centre of industrial, commercial and financial activity it is today. |
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| There existed a very small factory - a tannery, to be exact - located on the green fields of the Valdocco area in Turin. The minute plant had no electrical power, but it was equipped with a paddle wheel powered by water from the Pellerina canal. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pier Paul Caffarel, the new owner, converted his small tannery into a workshop. And from that moment on, only chocolate would be produced in the factory. | ||||||||||||||||||
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