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The Chiorri Winemakers Company is a vineyard under family management, which with special care from their very own vines, produces D.O.C. Colli Perugini and IGT dell'Umbria white, red and rosè wines. The family, together with the help of experienced workers,...
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The first traces of Bisol family in the heart of the Prosecco D.O.C area date to the 16th century and are contained in a census carried out for fiscal reasons by the aristocratic Venetian family Da Pola, who were landowners of the leading the very prestigious...
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Country House Palazzone was built in medieval times and is located not far from Rocca Ripesena in the area northwest of Orvieto, in Umbria. This building is an exceptional example of a country residence: it possesses all the characteristics of a town...
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Hundred and ten years of vinegrowing starter at the end of 1800 when Francesco Marcato bought the first 3 hectares of vineyards in Roncà. Afetr few years he started to produce also the white wine Soave with the Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave grapes....
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The CASTELLO di BOSSI is located in the commune of Castelnuovo Berardenga, on the road that leaves the old Chiantigiana road, at Pianella, and ascends to Brolio amidst evergreen forests and long rows of vines. With its centuries-old trees, its fossil...
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The Old Market
Situated in St. Francis of Assisi street, one of the most interesting and representative example of Neoclassical architecture in Sicily, the Old Market was built in the Benedictines' garden from 1892 to 1895. It was Salvatore Rizza, great architect of the town, who planned to built it. The elgant frontage lodge is marked by round arches and the town coat of arms, made by the sculptor Francesco Puzzo, dominates the frame, We also owe to him the twelve beautiful medallions representing the products being sold in the Market's workshops. In 1971 the building was closed and, after being restored between 2005 and 2008, now hosts the Town Library. In the former fish gallery, now reading room, there's the permanent exhibition of "the Market and its people", a pictures path aimed at recreating the atmosphere of people who lived and worked there.
(source: Avola, la città esagonale)