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Por el Norte, por el Sur – Italian opposed icons, 3
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1.Trapani and Paceco Natural Reserve, salines, salt mills, salt harvest, Sicily, Italy There must be something strangely sacred about the salt. We find it in our tears and in the sea – Kahlil Gibran 2.Vercelli, ricefields in June, little egret, Piedmont, Italy Then, the mirror of the water began to be covered with green, and then again, in the space of a few days or a few weeks, only the rice could be seen. The sea was transformed into […]
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Por el Norte, por el Sur – Italian opposed icons, 1
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© 2021 Valerio Griffa Langhe-Roero vineyard, Unesco Heritage, Piedmont, Italy Everything is here, in the Langhe: the sun, the clouds, the vines, the villages, the rivers, the rhythm of the seasons, the colors, the hands of the people, Cesare Pavese Salento stony landscape, Apulia, Italy Salento is a land of mirages, windy, Guido Piovene
Categorie: landscape • Tags: apulia, grape, italy, northern italy, piedmont, pine, southern italy, stones, vineyard
Light and Lines
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©2020 Valerio Griffa Turin, Intesa Sanpaolo Skyscraper / Torino, Grattacielo di Intesa Sanpaolo, Renzo Piano 2015
Categorie: architecture, art, design • Tags: architecture, architettura, banca, bank, grattacielo, intesa sanpaolo, italia, italy, palace, piedmont, piemonte, renzo pianoo, skyscraper, torino, turin
Turin Architecture 1
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©2019 Valerio Griffa
Categorie: architecture, art, design, lifestyle • Tags: architecture, architettura, carlo alberto college, collegio carlo alberto, gualino, italia, italy, palaca, palazzo, reale mutua group, torino, turin
Monsieur de Dolomieu
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©2019 Valerio Griffa – Dolomiti a S.Martino di Castrozza, Trento, Pale di S.Martino “Su un genere di pietre calcaree molto poco effervescente con gli acidi e fosforescente per collisione“. Lo scienziato Déodat de Dolomieu pubblicò questo articolo nel 1791 e mandò campioni di quella roccia a De Saussure, un’autorità. Quest’ultimo chiamò la roccia ‘dolomia’ e la cosa poteva finire lì, uno scambio di favori tra scienziati. Nel 1864, due viaggiatori inglesi pubblicarono a Londra ‘The Dolomite Mountains’. Quando il territorio […]
Categorie: landscape, mountains, nature, stories, travel • Tags: alpi, alps, dolomia, dolomieu, dolomite, dolomites, dolomiti, geologia, geology, italia, italy, montagne, mountains, s.martino, saussure, trentino
Turin skills
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©2019 Valerio Griffa Palazzo del Lavoro in Turin is one of the most important and ingenious of Pier Luigi Nervi projects. One of the most innovative sites in post war years in Italy. Built in 1961, with the collaboration of the architects Giò Ponti and Gino Covre.
Categorie: architecture, art, design, urban • Tags: architect, architecture, Giò Ponti, italy, palace, palazzo del lavoro, Pier Luigi Nervi, torino, turin, urbanism
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