Places
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Gregorovius and the Trisulti Charterhouse
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The Giants’ Grave in Coddu Vecchiu: a cyclopean monument
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The opulence and poverty of the Shrine of Italian Victories
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East meets West, in Santa Maria de Olearia’s frescoes
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The Horti Leonini in San Quirico d’Orcia: every beginning is an ending
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Gubbio’s Roman theater: light shed over secrets
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Nature triumphs at the Alpina Dolomites Lodge
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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul of Agrò, and the beauty of living in peace
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Waiting for porcupines in Atri’s badlands
Crafts
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Cartoleria dei Fratelli Bonvini in Milan: handwriting is beautiful
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Mario Celestino fine fabric: fashion that is never out of fashion
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Alab’Arte in Volterra: alabaster and poetry
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Laboratorio Giuditta Brozzetti and the music of looms
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SuperDuper hats: passion for shape
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Castagnari accordions and Leopardi’s music
Arts
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Antonio Allegretti, “Eve after the Sin” with a surprising finale
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A whole universe of details, by Domenico Gnoli
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Mary’s glory in Loreto’s Holy House
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The shell of Loreto’s Holy House: a casing of beauty for a heart of faith
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Giulio Monteverde and the Angel of the Night in Campo Verano
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Luca Carlevarijs: Venice, the way it was
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Arnolfo di Cambio, Cardinal De Bray, and an ancient, revolutionary mausoleum
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Marino Marini: horses, horsemen, and the history of humankind
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Fede Galizia: beyond still lifes
Icons
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The Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport: fluid harmony
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The Ferrania Ibis: anyone can be a photographer
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Riccardo Manzi’s art and irony for Pirelli
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The MV Agusta 500-6 GP: superior class comes at a cost
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Single-handedly writing in style, with the Aurora Asterope
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Mario Puppo: imagination on the ski slopes
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Antonio Schiratti’s fantastic calligraphy
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The Lamborghini 350 GTV: beauty born out of a quarrel
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The knights of citrus fruit wrappers
Flavors
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Lentils: a great Mediterranean story
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Distilleria Puni: a refuge for life and a new life for whisky
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Marco De Bartoli, Marsala wine, and Aristotle
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A baker’s fine pastries at Pasticceria Venezia
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A bite of Turin: flavor and tradition
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Cantina Tramin: cooperating for Gewürztraminer
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Palermo’s Ideal Caffè Stagnitta: open the door to great coffee
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Pesto, from Genoa to the world
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Baci from Alassio and D’Annunzio’s gallantry
Traditions
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The millenarian Festival of Sant’Orso in Aosta
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Poor people’s gratitude, in Colognora’s Chestnut Museum
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Francesco Londonio’s nativity, and the fragile newborn Jesus
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The Cuciniello Nativity in Naples: a glimpse of Heaven
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The Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte: maiolica and fire
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‘Sas leppas’: Sardinia’s sharpest art
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Rome’s talking statues: the original Facebook and Twitter (second part)
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In awe of hard work: De Cagna light installations
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Palio del Golfo in La Spezia: let the race begin
