Rita Coppola and Gianni D’Addario

Rita and Gianni got married right at the end of World War II, so they have been married for a very long time. Rita was living with her family in Puglia during the war, and Gianni was a soldier in the Italian military at the time stationed in the area. They met during this time and fell in love and decided to get married. Once they got married and the war was over, they moved back to Sant’ Elia a Piansi, Gianni’s hometown. This is where they still live currently. Rita is 97 and Gianni is 103. This is there story:

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