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The Research and Development area gathers master's programmes and advanced training courses for those who want to work in the world of science and innovation, from basic research to industrial applications. It is the ideal field for graduates in scientific disciplines who want to turn curiosity and methodological rigour into professional skills sought after by companies, laboratories, universities and research centres. The paths include food science, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics, nutrition, sciences and statistics. Each programme combines theoretical lessons,…

The Research and Development area gathers master's programmes and advanced training courses for those who want to work in the world of science and innovation, from basic research to industrial applications. It is the ideal field for graduates in scientific disciplines who want to turn curiosity and methodological rigour into professional skills sought after by companies, laboratories, universities and research centres.

The paths include food science, biology, chemistry, physics, geology, mathematics, nutrition, sciences and statistics. Each programme combines theoretical lessons, laboratory activities, data analysis and applied research projects, often developed in collaboration with companies, scientific institutes and hospitals, in order to offer solid preparation oriented to the job market.

Attending a master's in the Research and Development area lets you acquire methodological and technical skills: experimental design, statistical analysis, use of advanced instrumentation, programming and data science, writing scientific reports and managing research projects. Many courses also address transferable aspects, such as scientific communication, intellectual property, fundraising and technology transfer.

Career opportunities are numerous: researcher, laboratory technician, analyst, data scientist, head of research and development, product specialist, scientific consultant, regulatory affairs specialist, science communicator and teacher. Opportunities exist in pharmaceutical, food, chemical and energy industries, public and private research centres, hospitals, universities, consulting firms and innovative startups.

Italy invests in research through national and European programmes and is home to internationally recognised centres of excellence, offering those who choose this path a stimulating and collaborative environment.

Those who wish to continue their studies also find in these master's programmes a bridge towards doctoral programmes and advanced training, including in collaboration with foreign universities.

On Masters Hub Italia you can compare first- and second-level master's programmes and professional development courses in the Research and Development area. Filter by sub-area, city, duration and cost, read the detailed pages and identify the most suitable path.

If you want to help discover and innovate, explore the sub-areas and choose the master's that will help you build a career in science.

Statistics

Course in Data Analyst for Strategic Decisions

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Bergamo

Italian

€ 3,750

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Geology

Course in Innovation in the Monitoring of Slopes, Landslides and Prote…

Politecnico di Torino

Torino

Italian

€ 500

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Nutrition

First-Level Master in Dietetics Applied to Lifestyle: From Sedentary L…

Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" – Caserta

Caserta

Italian

€ 1,000

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Nutrition

First-Level Master in Epigenetics and Nutrigenomics

Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" – Caserta

Caserta

Italian

€ 2,000

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Nutrition

Master in Childhood Obesity: How to Intervene

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

€ 1,500

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Nutrition

Master in Clinical Nutrimicrobiomics

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

Italian

€ 2,500

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Nutrition

Master in Dietetics and Human Nutrition

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

€ 2,000

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Geology

Master in Earth Observations From Space: Advanced Technologies and App…

Università degli Studi della Basilicata

Potenza

English

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Biology

Master in Environmental Sustainability and Bioremediation: Innovative…

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

€ 2,656

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Food

Master in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Scientific and Regulato…

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

€ 600

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Geology

Master in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

Italian

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Geology

Master in Natural Resources Development and Storage

Politecnico di Torino

Torino

English

Free, with a monthly grant funded by Eni

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Nutrition

Master in Nutrition, Nutraceuticals and Fertility

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

€ 600

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Physics

Master in Quantum Science and Technology

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

€ 3,356

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Advanced Biotechnology

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

English

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Analytics and Data Science for Economics and…

Università degli Studi di Brescia

Brescia

English

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Atmospheric Science and Technology for Meteor…

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Not specified

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics for Computational Genomics

Politecnico di Milano

Milano

English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Camerino

Italian, English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biology

Università degli Studi del Sannio

Benevento

Italian (deduced; English B1 required)

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biology and Sustainability

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

Varese

Not specified

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biology for Sustainability

Università degli Studi "Parthenope" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biology of Extreme Environments

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biosciences

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Biotechnology for Food Quality and Safety

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Not specified

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Biotechnology for the Bio-Based Industry and…

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

Varese

English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Italian, English

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

Italian

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Not specified

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Italian

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Chemical Sciences

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Camerino

English

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Chemistry

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

Varese

Italian

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Data Analytics for Economics and Management

Libera Università di Bolzano

Bolzano

English

€1,200 per year (VAT exempt)

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Data and Methods for Economic and Financial D…

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

Italian

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Data Science for the Human and Social Science…

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Decision Science

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

English

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Economics and Data Analysis

Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Bergamo

English

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Engineering Physics

Politecnico di Milano

Milano

English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Environmental Biology

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Environmental Biology

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

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Administration

Master’s Degree in Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Managemen…

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

Italian

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Experimental and Applied Biology

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

Italian (English B1 verified)

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Experimental and Applied Biology

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

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Nutrition

Master’s Degree in Food and Nutrition Sciences

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Design and Food Product Innovation

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Engineering

Politecnico di Milano

Milano

English

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Science and Innovation

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Camerino

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Science and Technology

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian (deduced)

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Science and Technology

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Science and Technology

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Food Sciences for Innovation and Authenticity

Libera Università di Bolzano

Bolzano

English

€1,200 per year (VAT exempt)

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geoenvironmental Resources and Risks

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Camerino

English

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geological Sciences and Technologies

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Italian

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geology and Geophysics

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

€ 156

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Georesources and Geoenergy Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

Torino

English

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geosciences and Technologies for the Study an…

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geosciences and Technologies for the Study an…

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geosciences for the Environment, Resources an…

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian (deduced)

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Geotechnologies for Resources, the Environmen…

Università degli Studi del Sannio

Benevento

Italian (English B1 required)

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Nutrition

Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition Sciences

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

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Nutrition

Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition Sciences

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry for Circular Economy and…

Politecnico di Torino

Torino

English

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry for the Circular Economy…

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

English

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Chemistry

Master’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry Science and Technology

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian (deduced)

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Marine Bio-Ecology

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Italian

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Marine Biology

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Not specified

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Marine Biology and Aquaculture

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

English

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Sciences

Master’s Degree in Materials Science and Technology

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

English

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematical Engineering

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

English

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematical Modelling

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

English

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

Italian (English B2 required)

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

English (entirely)

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Italian, English

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

Italian

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

Varese

English

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Mathematics

Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Applications

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Camerino

English

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Molecular and Applied Biology

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze

Italian

Free

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Biology

Master’s Degree in Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian (ProBio) and English (BiRRe)

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Sciences

Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

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Nutrition

Master’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences for Human Health

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi del Salento

Lecce

Italian (English B1 required)

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila

L'Aquila

English

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

English

Free

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi di Cagliari

Cagliari

Not specified

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi di Camerino

Camerino

English

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi di Catania

Catania

English

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics

Università degli Studi dell'Insubria

Varese

English

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Physics of Complex Systems

Politecnico di Torino

Torino

English (international track) and Italian (national track)

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Quantitative Methods for Economic and Financi…

Università degli Studi "Parthenope" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Quantum Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

Torino

English

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Physics

Master’s Degree in Quantum Science and Engineering

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

English

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Food

Master’s Degree in Safety of Foods of Animal Origin and Health

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Statistical and Actuarial Sciences

Università degli Studi del Sannio

Benevento

Italian

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Statistical Sciences for Decision-Making

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

Italian

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Statistics

Master’s Degree in Statistics and Methods for Economics and Fina…

Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro"

Bari

Italian

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Food

Master’s Degree in Sustainable Food Systems

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

English

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Geology

Master’s Degree in Volcanology

Università degli Studi "Federico II" – Napoli

Napoli

English

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Statistics

Second-Level Master in Statistical Methods for Clinical Research and E…

Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" – Caserta

Caserta

Italian

€ 2,750

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