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This is a historic enterprise which has operated since 1863, the year of its founding, under the shadow of the Apuan mountains while dedicating itself to qualitative excellence and proposing with success its own exclusive products on a worldwide scale. The enterprise...

(m.mas.) "Rien sans peine", nothing without effort, nothing is given. The motto that appears on the coat of arms of the Ricasoli family – testifying to the unification of the three branches of the family: Brolio, Meleto and Panzano – seems to leave no doubts in this...

Upon their arrival in Florence from Spain in 1221, the Dominican monks proved to be farsighted in ‘business transactions’ related to trade. In their kitchen gardens adjacent to the convent, which was built at the gates to the city, they began to study – experimenting...

We are Cappellificio Filippo Catarzi, one of the most important hat-making factories in Italy, we are specialized in production and sale of accessories since more than 100 years: we are a factory composed by tradition, Made in italy, handwork but also research,...

While awaiting the entrepreneurial history of previous generations, which the non-profit association, Aurea Signa, is concentrating on, it has to date been possible to go back to 1871, the year the Grand’Ufficiale della Corona d’Italia, Cesare Verona, was born. In...

This is not simply the long history of a family of first-class entrepreneurs. In part, it is also the history of Livorno [Leghorn]: of the cosmopolitan Livorno of the late 16th century, which was industrious with its own traders and proud of its own mercantile trade. ...

  Poli: Family spirit GioBatta was our great-grandfather’s name. He used to make straw hat, quite a flourishing trade in those days, but his true passion was Grappa. He built a small distiller, mounted on a cart, and went around from house to house distilling marc....