Giulia Laddago

Places

The Cefalù Cathedral, a happy cultural encounter

Aquatio Hotel, at the heart of Matera

Lustful legends at the Toblino Castle

Holy Deer San Lorenzo City Lodge: true luxury at the heart of Rome

Brufa, a small village and open-air museum

Santa Maria di Campagna and Pordenone’s masterpieces

Caffè Fernanda: vintage mood at the Pinacoteca di Brera

Bologna in Lucio Dalla’s house-museum

The Tower of Maiano: between past and modernity

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Crafts

Tipografia Portoghese: stopping time to focus on the future

Patrizia Fabri and Antica Manifattura Cappelli

Mario Berta Battiloro’s Venetian splendor

Glories of the past in Antonia Sautter’s imaginative world

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

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Art

The Sola Busca Tarots: the oldest tarots in the world

Markus Brunetti: the silence in churches

Theatrum Mundi: Wunderkammer between past and present

Venice’s Museum of Punk – the biggest collection in the world

The Statue of the Nile God: a glimpse of Egypt at the heart of Naples

Farewell to fall with Giovanna Garzoni’s still lifes

Lana Gatto’s vintage posters

Patrizia Fabri and Antica Manifattura Cappelli

Glories of the past in Antonia Sautter’s imaginative world

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Design

A kissing masquerade by Luigi Scattina

The Ape Calessino and Italy’s rebirth

Piedmont in the eyes of ski-loving illustrators

The Fiat-Stanguellini 1200 Spider America: lost and found again

His Majesty the Panettone, in advertisement posters

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

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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

Images from Sardinia’s Carnival

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

Patrizia Fabri and Antica Manifattura Cappelli

Glories of the past in Antonia Sautter’s imaginative world

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

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Events

2019: a year to celebrate Leonardo’s world

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

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