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The history of the Vegni family has moved together with the history of Florence since the early years of the 20th century. The Vegni firm: the first ‘corriere’ [literally courier, forwarding agent] in Florence,  was founded in 1904 in Via De’ Cerchi (Piazza della...

(m.mas.) From the robust spool, graceful hands accompany the straw thread towards a Grossman machine of the 1930s. Solid and precise like its name, this German sewing machine,  produced in Dresden, enters into the ‘starting process’. Worked in concentric circles,...

La ditta Niccolai nasce nella centrale piazza del Duomo di Pistoia quando Iacopo Niccolai commesso nella preesistente attività, acquista l’azienda nella quale esiste una macchina per la cottura del caffè. Negli anni seguenti la sua competenza porta all’espansione...

A FAMILY OF LIBRARIANS Founded in 1875 in Via Ricasoli 6 (in front of the Niccolini Theatre) by Luigi Gonnelli, Gonnelli Antiques Library is one of the oldest and most renown antiquarian bookstores in Italy, owned by the same family for four generations. Since it was...

Giusti is the oldest producer of Balsamic Vinegar in the world. Founded in Modena in 1605, it is run at present by the family’s 17th generation. Over the course of its history it has obtained numerous forms of recognition thanks to the quality of its products, and is...

(m.mas.) Each generation has its own tonality. Yesterday, it was the black and white of  vat rooms/wine cellars, of dusty country roads, and of carts used for transportation, faithful witnesses to human sacrifice and ingenuity. Today, there is the more brilliant...

Carpenè Malvolti has epitomised the history of the production of sparkling wines and distillates of Italian origin ever since 1868. This history began a century and a half ago – thanks to the enlightened mind of the founding father, Antonio Carpenè – and has always...

This noble and ancient profession - already practiced with skill in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages - also attracted the attention of Leonardo Da Vinci. The Genius, as he walked the streets of the city, could not help but notice the...

It was during the year 1914 that, demonstrating an undeniable dose of courage and enterprise,  don Eugenio Marinella decided to set up shop in Piazza Vittoria on the elegant Riviera of Chiaia di Napoli. Far-sighted in offering to tourists and Neapolitans something...

(m.mas.) On the façade of the small church of San Miniato, there is a memorial plaque dated 1953: “I am grateful to the Lord for letting me be acquainted with this ‘little city’, which is a true source of peace and love”. The gentle memorial engraved in the stone is...