Officine Dini, Windows and Metalwork Mastered to Perfection

  By Our Editorial Staff   Once upon a time, it was the anvil that dictated the rhythm of ironworking. Heavy metal bent under the force of the hammer. Today, things have changed—but not too much. The anvil remains, as does the iron, but new materials and less strenuous working methods have been introduced. Francesco […]

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C’era una volta (Once Upon A Time)… In Bagno Vignoni

  By Our Editorial Staff   Experience and dream can create a magical combination. This is the case of the entrepreneur Giovanni Pezzella, who arrived in Tuscany from Campania to create two restaurants different in proposal but similar in vocation: to offer the highest possible quality thanks to attention to detail and an all-encompassing experience. […]

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StellAmiata

A new structure, strongly desired by the entrepreneur Alessandro Massai. A simple, fresh, clean environment with attention to the smallest details, which today is renewed by incorporating the Arbolé, a historic pizzeria in Abbadia San Salvatore. To support Alessandro there are his partner Francesca, the director Domenico, and the cooks Tommaso and Giorgio.

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From the multimedia museum to the mine train

The visit to the Abbadia San Salvatore Mining Museum Park is structured in three parts, each one fascinating. The first is represented by the multimedia museum The ‘Geography of Mercury’, where, like a script, everything revolves around this metal element and immerses the viewer in the narrative of mining life: the myth, the territory, the work, the men and the material constitute the chapters of the story; multimedia technologies take the visitor on a fascinating journey: “there are numerous mining parks ̶̶  explains Massimo Sabatini, president of the Terre di Toscana Consortium ̶̶  but very few focused on mercury and it is no coincidence that we are twinned with Idrija in Slovenia and Almadén in Spain which, together with Abbadia, formed the three main poles of mercury production in Europe. In the museum you will find films, videos and oral testimonies of those who spent their lives in mining.”

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Kartika Nights

“We have always been passionate about clubs — Gaia tells me full of enthusiasm — as soon as I returned from London where I lived for several years (singing in a rock group, ed.) I fell in love with this place, and with the help of my father Paolo, Alessio, and many other really smart guys, we made this dream come true”. And the dream, now a reality, has conquered hundreds of youngsters who meet at the Kartika tables on weekends to get to know each other, joke in company and fall in love.

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