Roberto Merlo

Places

The Sacra di San Michele, divine altitude

Villa Zanelli in Savona and the poetry of abandonment

Castelli’s beautiful and famous ceramics

The Calomini Hermitage, a passersby’s consolation

The mysterious forensic cryptoporticus in Aosta

Palmanova, a city of dreams and fears

The Quinto Martini Museum Park: an artist and his land

The “Luigi Veronelli” High Institute of Gastronomy in Venice

Spoleto’s Teatro Caio Melisso and power

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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

Italy, as told by Magnum’s photographers

Street Alps Festival: murals and mountains

The mysteries of the Piacenza Cathedral on show

“The Galatian Suicide” and Troy’s last night

Arturo Ghergo, photographer to the stars

“Qwalala”, a river of colorful glass

The Baptistery in Pistoia and Saint Ambrose’s octagon

Fornasetti’s quotes at Palazzo Altemps

Portraits by Jacometto Veneziano

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Design

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

His Majesty the Panettone, in advertisement posters

Siata Daina Gran Sport, the little Ferrari

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Flavors

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

Colbert: the art of Italian beauty and taste

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Traditions

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

The Palio of the Donkeys in Torrita di Siena

Symbols of the past and of the present in the carnival of Satriano

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Events

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

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

The Mantegna Tarocchi on show in Milan

Kites in the Cervia wind

Discover the charm of the Horti Farnesiani

Thirty year of fashion that have changed the face of Italy, on show in Milan

The Guttuso Museum in Bagheria reopens

Ancient melodies come back to life at “In Musica”

The Belle Epoque relives in Treviso at the Salce Collection National Museum

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