 Luigi Einaudi, the first official republican President Italy, was born in Carrù.The town also saw the passage of the troops of Napoleone Bonaparte during his campaign in Italy.Carrù is home to the "Sagra dell'uva" (the fair of the grape), which takes place in the end of September with dances and spectacles, and to "La fiera del bue grasso" (the fair of the fat ox).