Giulia Laddago

Places

The Musumeci Greco Weapon Academy: a temple of fencing

Wagner at Palazzo De Gregorio

Turin’s Royal Armory

The deserted beauty of the Terme Alte in Porretta

The Basilica of Santa Giulia: intact wonder

Palazzo Pisani and Venice’s Conservatory

The imposing Tower of Velate

The harbor of Stifone, near Narni, and the chronicles by C.S. Lewis

Drink Kong: in “instinct bar” in Rome

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Crafts

Stamperia Tassotti: putting history and tradition on paper

Tirelli Costumi: the history of cinema in the pleats and seams of a dress

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

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Art

Alberto Burri and expressive matter

Art Nouveau triumphs with an exhibition at the Palace of Venaria

“The Rule of Dreams” at Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice

Valeria Merlini and Daniela Storti’s “performance restoration”

Magnificent illusions at the Trinità dei Monti Convent

The Lodovico Pogliaghi House Museum: turning a home into a total work of art

Boldini, fashion and the cosmopolitan élite of the Belle Époque

Verrocchio: Florence celebrates Leonardo’s teacher

Cities and towns by Benvenuto Disertori

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Design

PalermoUno: “please touch and take me with you”

Scaglietti’s Ferrari 121 LM, a beauty with no victories

Mitelli, the artist who dreamed of the alphabet

The Fiat 1100C Spider Car by Pietro Frua

Turin and Gianduja’s Carnival

In homage to Alessandro Mendini (1931-2019)

The Design Museum: creativity and excellence by design

A kissing masquerade by Luigi Scattina

The Ape Calessino and Italy’s rebirth

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Flavors

Per Me – Giulio Terrinoni: minimalistic elegance and eclectic taste

Retrobottega: the aesthetics of flavor and strong bonds with the earth

Enoteca La Torre: close your eyes and let flavor and elegance lead you

Contatto Experience: flavor you can touch

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

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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

Travel to ancient Rome, today

Fortunato Depero. From the futurist dream to the advertising sign. An exhibition in Lucca

The scream of pain of “The Trojan Women” echoes in Stefano Boeri’s “Dead Forest”

The South’s Renaissance: an exhibition in Matera

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

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