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Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza - Andrea Palladio work

20 April 2020 In Architecture, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Palladio: the Renaissance architect known all over the world

Andrea Palladio was the official architect of the Serenissima. His real name was Andrea di Pietro della Gondola. He designed villas and palaces, built especially in Veneto, recognised by the UNESCO as World Heritage....

12 April 2020 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Egg a symbol of life to wish an Easter of hope and rebirth

At the time of Coronavirus, we want to wish a happy Easter rich of hope and rebirth. Since ancient times, the egg represented the birth and was exchanged with rites for life, fertility and rebirth of nature. Especially nowadays we try to think about...

6 April 2019 In Anecdotes, Blog By Arte 2000 - Paola

Zanni: an antique mask of the “Commedia dell’Arte”

Zanni was a character of the comic theater of the ancient Rome later became mask of the Commedia dell’Arte, also called Commedia degli Zanni, because the characters were identified with the servants farmers of the Venetian nobles coming from the Venetian-Lombardy countryside where Gianni name...

10 May 2018 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

The classical quality of Rosso Verona

The classical quality of Rosso Verona, the red marble par excellence. Rosso Verona is one of the most famous and worldwide well-known Italian ornamental rocks, coming from Verona area. It is suitable for floorings, staircases, coverings, columns, balustrades, portals, cornices, fireplaces, sculptures, ornamental works. It is...

14 April 2018 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

Bianco Carrara marble: a prestigious natural Italian stone famous all over the world

The Bianco Carrara marble is the most appreciated and known Italian marble in the world, is considered, both in Italy and abroad, the Italian marble par excellence. This stone is extracted from the Apuan Alps in Carrara where there are the most known millenary tradition...

14 December 2017 In Blog, Marbles By Arte 2000 - Paola

The chromatic beauty of Verde Alpi marble

It is suitable for products intended for interior and exterior locations, for floors and coverings. It is a strong material, it withstands the cold but in the humid and rainy areas, with rigid temperatures reaching down several degrees below zero, it can be damaged. The...

23 February 2015 In Blog, Marbles By Stefano Facchini

Italian marbles: the famous Carrara marbles

Talking about Carrara marbles we refer to all marbles coming from Carrara. The most important extraction and manufacturing area is that of Apuan Alps that boasts a primacy at national and worldwide level for the selection and the productive marbles ability. Over the centuries, were...

26 January 2015 In Blog, Marbles By Stefano Facchini

ITALIAN MARBLES

Italy’s luck is having been the beating heart of the Roman culture, a civilization that throughout its one thousand and two hundred years of history conquered the Mediterranean and all countries on it overlooking. Ancient Romans’ luck was to have conquered the civilisation with the highest culture: the Greeks. What’s...

Stefano Facchini Master Craftsman

Bearer of a heritage of knowledge and experience to be treasured and passed on to future generations

Traditional Building’s 2019 Palladio Award Winners in United Stated

Craftsmanship: Beaux-Arts Estate - Atlanta, Georgia

HISTORICAL CRAFTSMAN'S WORKSHOP

From 1922 with Emilio Facchini in Istria to the current workshop of Stefano Facchini in Colle Umberto - Treviso

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