| Iulia Bela (beautiful Giulia) |
| This is very decoration. The original is at the museum and dates back to
the end of 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century. It is a portrait
of Giulia, a woman who was admired for her beauty. Many pieces of ceramic
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| Pavona |
| The decoration is called Pavona and in fact represents a peacock's feather.
This plate is at the museum as it is a very old one, dating back to the
year 1450. |
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| Garofano (carnation) |
| This was created at the end of 1700 by the Ferniani manifacture (one of the best ones) and became very famous. This decoration is described as a carnation in a Japanese garden. |
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| Story of Pavona |
In Faenza lived a very famous man who name is Galeotto Manfredi. He belonged
to the family who was in command and he was himself a soldier, he took
part in many battles and in the end he overthrew his own brother and became
the leader. Galeotto was married but had a lover too, a beautiful woman
who was nicknamed Pavona. For this reason people said that this ceramic
decoration was named after Galeotto's lover! Also, Galeotto was killed
by his wife who was very jealous.
Of course it is difficult to know for sure if the Pavona decoration was
named after Galeotto's lover, but I think it's a funny story to tell anyway! |
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| Stile Bello |
| Bello Style: Large plat, decorated with scenes and initialled F.R. Circa
1530. |
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| Stile Berettino |
| Berettino Style: Wide-rimmed plate 1525 - 1535. |
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| Modern Ceramic |
| This is one of Ceramic sold all over the world. This is sold also in Japan.
The price in Japan is 17,000 yen for one set that consists of 4 units.
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| Ocarina |
| This ocarina is made from Faenza. It is important that the tone of the
ocarina is made of the soil with high quality. The soil of Faenza is white
and excellent. The ocarina of Faenza plays the clear tone. The price of
this ocarina in Japan is 150,000 yen. |
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| Craftsperson |
| Ceramic is handmade of the craftperson. The technique and the soul of the
Middle Ages and modern craftsperson made Cermic famous. |
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| Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi |
| She is an adulator of ceramic of traditional manufacturing method, and
she is an unique drawing sense owner, and a true luxury and the glory in
an earthen art were revived by her work. She is doing the work of some
museums that are most important all over the world now. |
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"Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza"
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This museum of Faenza does the exhibition and the research concerning the ceramic art in all the ages and countries. And, it is said that the scale of this museum is the maximum in the world as the museum of the ceramic art.
Moreover, the ceramic art contest in Faenza started in 1938. And, this
contest became an international contest in 1963, and became international
Biennale in 1989.
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza
Viale Baccarini 19 - 48018 Faenza RA ITALY
Tel: +39-546-697311 |
Official Site (Italian) |
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Gaetano Ballardini is a founder in this museum.
There was in fact an international exhibition dedicated to Evangelista
Torricelli who is a famous scientist, although he was not born in Faenza,
he spent here almost all his life.
During the Second World War, in 1944, the museum was almost destroyed by
the bombs. Mr. Ballardini devoted all his efforts to the recostruction
of the collection of ceramics and was helped not only by the people of
Faenza and the rest of Italy, but also by a lot of people from abroad. |
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Visitors can enjoy here.
Please visit when you come to Italy! |
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| Piazza del Popolo (People's Square) |
| Main square in Faenza |
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| Town that knows name of Faenza in all Europe |
Cort of arms |
Faenza is historical, and artistic. In Faenza, there are a lot of ateliers
and factories of a manufacturing method traditional the ceramic. This is
exactly a culture of Faenza.
Here, I introduce Faenza.
Faenza is in northeastern of Italy. Faenza is 30 minutes from Bologna by
the railway. The street expresses the history and noble dignity. Renaissance,
Baroque, Classics, and New Classics are here. The building and the plaza
of Faenza are also famous though Ceramic is famous.
Please visit Faenza when you come to Italy!
< Sister Cities of Faenza >
Amaroussion : Greece
Bergerac : France
Rijeka : Croatia
Schwﾃ､bisch Gmﾃｼnd : Germany
Talavera de la Reina : Spain
Timiﾅ殪ara : Romania
Toki : Japan |
Faenza Official Site (Italian) |
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| The Cathedral and Chiristmas tree |
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| In Piazza del Popolo (People's Square) |
| Symbolical architecture of Faenza |
| Niballo of the Palio di Faenza |
| This woman is performing lord's madam. |
| Niballo of the Palio di Faenza |
| This festival is one of the big festivals of Faenza. |
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| The Cathedral (This is church.) |
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| Parco dei Laghetti Faenza (Parco Bucci) |
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| Motocross World Championship in Faenza |
| Moreover, the base of famous team Formula 1 "Scuderia Toro Rosso"
is Faenza. |
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| Parco dei Laghetti Faenza (Parco Bucci) |
| Claudia took this photograph on the morning, December 21, 2009. The temperature
at the previous night was the minus 11 degrees. However, the white Christmas
come also to Faenza soon. |
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| Torrone is a traditional sweet of Italy. The Italian people eat Torrone
when celebrating. Moreover, a big festival of Torrone has been held in
various parts of Italy every year. Please eat when you come to Italy. |
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I'm going to tell what happens in Faenza on December 8th. This is a religious
festivity which is celebrated all over Italy, but in Faenza we also celebrate
Torrone, so even if the real name of the festivity is Festa dell'Immacolata
Concezione (Immaculate Conception) for us in town it's Festa del Torrone.
There is a big market attended by many people, actually it gets so crowded
that it's almost impossible to walk, one just gets dragged by the river
of people... Although you can find any kind of goods at this market, many
stalls sell of course Torrone. It is a typical Italian Christmas sweet
and has very old origin. It's origins are not clear, maybe Arabs invented
it and brought it to Italy and Spain in the 16th century, maybe it was
invented in Italy as there is a legend stating that the first Torrone was
served on October 25th 1441 at the wedding banquet of Francesco Sforza
and Bianca Maria Visconti.
Torrone is made with the white of the egg, sugar, honey and almonds, so
it is very very sweet. There is hard and soft Torrone, and you can also
find different ingredients, for instance instead of almonds you can put
hazelnuts or pistachios, you can add different flavous or you can cover
it with chocolate. There is Torrone icecream and I can also make a delicious
dessert with it. |
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| Traditional Torrone |
| Traditional Torrone is hardness to which teeth break. |
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| Soft Torrone |
| This Torrone is soft. On Torrone, there is a dry fruit. |
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| Various Torrone |
| Left Torrone is an orange taste. The right is a walnut taste. What Torrone
do you want to eat? I want to eat Pistachios first though I want to eat
everything. |
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| Market of Torrone Festival |
| A lot of people gather in the market of the festival though it is cold
in December of Italy. In the Italy travel at this time, this is one viewpoint
and enjoyment. |
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