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stopped at the old man and presented themselves as Royal Roman messengers who walked around the growing Empire. One of them stared at the shepherd's leather bag from which a shiny stick appeared. He asked where it was from and the shepherd replied that he found it in the nearby river. They looked at it with amazement as it was pure gold. The shepherd said he has found many other smaller pieces of gold around the river. The Royal messengers hurried to tell their master that there was nuggets of pure gold in this area, bringing him the golden stick they found, and not long after that workers came. The rubbing of the grains started near the village of nowadays village of
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Many years ago in this mountainous area there were numerous flocks of sheep which were roaming freely near the river. The legend says that an old shepherd grazed his flock in the area. One day his dogs began to bark, which meant there was some danger or people approaching. These were foreigners. They
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