Giulia Laddago

Places

Fornace Penna, a secular basilica by the sea

Villa Gaeta and the Pinetum: beauty classics

The Volterra Picture Gallery, D’Annunzio and Rosso Fiorentino

The Garden of Palm Trees in Gaeta

Castel Porrona, an island of peace

The Carlo Mollino refuge: beauty is more than folklore

Napoleon’s Palazzina dei Mulini in Portoferraio

The Tonnara of Santa Panagia in Syracuse: ancient, frail beauty

Villa Horti della Fasanara

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Crafts

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

Italian Stories: Bertram Safferling’s Atelier of the Pipe

Fabscarte, handmade beauty

Italian Stories: Leonardo Laino’s beautiful mosaics

Italian Stories: Linda’s passion for ceramics

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Art

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

Clérisseau and the fleeting glory of the world

The shameless magnificence of Palermo’s Pretoria Fountain

The Fountain of the Moor: a story of Popes and Tritons

Luca Della Robbia’s Cantorial Pulpits: a dance of praise

The Sculptures of Mont’e Prama

Italy, as told by Magnum’s photographers

Street Alps Festival: murals and mountains

The mysteries of the Piacenza Cathedral on show

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Design

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

Mario Borgoni, a great artist with great humility

Turin, capital city of Italian chocolate

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Flavors

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

Bricco del Cucù. Enjoy a dolcetto born between Heaven and Hell

Massimo Bottura’s flavors for Gucci

403030 Lifestyle, the numbers of wellbeing

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Traditions

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

Candles for Saint Dominic and the dream of the world’s light

Black and white memories of ice cream carts

The infinite petals of the Spello Infiorate

The Festival of Saint Ephysius: from Cagliari to Nora for grace received

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Events

Design takes center stage, at Como’s Teatro Sociale

Mantua’s Light Art Biennale: light turns into art

Lawrence Beck’s conversation with antiquity

Luigi Ghirri and “Lotus International” on exhibition at Milan’s Triennale

“Manifesta 12” in Palermo

Dolomites by Georg Tappeiner

“Imaginary Stories” by Paolo Ventura, on show in Milan

Riccardo Guasco’s illustrations for the “Veni Vidi Bici!” exhibition

Altare Glass Fest: a place to celebrate the art of glass

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