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Valentino Bompiani and Publishing in Milan, 1929
When Valentino Bompiani founded his publishing house in Milan in 1929—the year of the Wall Street crash—he launched an audacious campaign for literary cosmopolitanism…
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The Rise and Fall of Rhodiatoce in Pallanza, 1928
Founded in 1928 on the shores of Lake Maggiore as a chemical partnership between Italy and France, Rhodiatoce introduced synthetic fibers and nylon to…
September 2026
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Cassina in Meda and Modernist Furniture Design, 1927
In 1927, brothers Cesare and Amadeo Cassina set up a carpentry shop in Meda. Their transition from classical hand-carving to architectural serial production laid…
September 2026
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Ducati and the Scientific Radio Origins in Bologna, 1926
Founded on 4 July 1926 in central Bologna, Ducati was not born on a racetrack. It began as a laboratory for precision electrical condensers,…
September 2026
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Carlo Scarpa and Art Glass at M.V.M. Cappellin, 1925
Founded on Murano in 1925 after Giacomo Cappellin’s split from Paolo Venini, M.V.M. Cappellin hired a nineteen-year-old Carlo Scarpa as artistic director, sweeping away…
September 2026
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The Industrial Rise and Ruins of Mira Lanza, 1924
Formed on 9 May 1924 through the union of Venetian stearin candles and Piedmontese soap, Mira Lanza shaped the domestic landscape of 20th-century Italy—and…
September 2026
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Ambrosoli and Modern Italian Honey in Ronago, 1923
In 1923, on the hilly border between Lombardy and Switzerland, Giovanni Battista Ambrosoli set out mobile-comb beehives and built an agro-industrial legacy that still…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Old Town Regensburg, Germany
The Old Town of Regensburg in Bavaria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2006, is the largest intact medieval city centre in Germany, with…
September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Monastic Island of Reichenau
The island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, preserves three Carolingian and Romanesque churches from a Benedictine abbey…
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