Giulia Laddago

Places

Teatro San Carlo: a temple of opera and dance at the heart of Naples

Montefalcone Appennino and the mysterious Sibillini Mountains

Antica Barberia Giacalone: Deco Art in Genoa’s alleyways

Paolo Uccello’s counter-clockwise clock in Florence

The Catacombs of San Callixtus, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and Saint Cecilia

The Abbey of San Nilo in Grottaferrata: the Orient in Rome

Francis, Frederick and the Rocca Maggiore in Assisi

The Umberto I Gallery in Naples: renewal and café-chantant

The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Lecce: two façades in one

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Crafts

Patrizia Fabri and Antica Manifattura Cappelli

Mario Berta Battiloro’s Venetian splendor

The Color Library at the Orsoni Glassworks

Castagnari accordions and Leopardi’s music

Gipsoteca Fumagalli e Dossi: the art of learning by imitation

Chiara Vigo and the ancient secrets of byssus

Italian Stories: Roberta, the goldsmith artist

Giovanni Baccani: Italian heritage and a passion for tradition

Atelier Longhi’s great designers

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Art

Lana Gatto’s vintage posters

Patrizia Fabri and Antica Manifattura Cappelli

The Color Library at the Orsoni Glassworks

Giulio Monteverde and the Angel of the Night in Campo Verano

The surreal, fantastic Jacovitti is on show in Aosta

The mosaics in Aquileia’s Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta

Nature, history, and myth in Mimmo Paladino’s “Hortus Conclusus”

The story-telling façade of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Spoleto

Clérisseau and the fleeting glory of the world

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Design

Piedmont in the eyes of ski-loving illustrators

Mitelli, the artist who dreamed of the alphabet

Touring Club Italiano and Pirelli: crossing paths “on the road”

Venice in billboards

The Olivetti Summa 19: the last mechanical calculator

Lucio Venna’s cinema and cars

Easter eggs in advertisement illustrations

Munari’s Falkland lamp: genius and stockings

Carnival dinners in poster ads

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Flavors

Five historical cafés loved by artists and intellectuals

Bottone: a piece of Sicily in Milan

Panettoni by Giovanni Cova & Co. pay homage to masters of music

Antica Dolceria Bonajuto: chocolate, Mexico, and joy

Baci from Alassio and D’Annunzio’s gallantry

The newfound history of Gran Caffè Quadri

Podere Cadassa, reign of his majesty the culatello

Sophia Loren. In the kitchen with love

Gobino. The exotic taste of perfect chocolate

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Traditions

Spezieria all’Ercole d’Oro: a gem between Venice’s calli

Patrizia Fabri and Antica Manifattura Cappelli

The Color Library at the Orsoni Glassworks

Five historical cafés loved by artists and intellectuals

In awe of hard work: De Cagna light installations

Palio del Golfo in La Spezia: let the race begin

The Cavalcata Sarda: Sardinia’s traditions parade through Sassari

The streets of Salerno light up with Artists’ Lights

The poetic lightness of the Marineria di Cesenatico nativity

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Events

Romanticism on show in Milan

The Alba White Truffle International Festival

The surreal, fantastic Jacovitti is on show in Aosta

La Vendemmia in Rome: luxury, great wines and Made-in-Italy excellence

Michelangelo’s “Moses” shines once again

The run-up to Saint Ambrose starts with Chiostro in Fiera

Design takes center stage, at Como’s Teatro Sociale

Mantua’s Light Art Biennale: light turns into art

Lawrence Beck’s conversation with antiquity

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