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  2. Sassuolo - Wikipedia

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    The industrial growth of Sassuolo began in the 1950s. Eighty percent of all Italian ceramic tiles are produced here, with more than 300 ceramic factories operating in the Sassuolo district (as Marazzi Group, Refin and Marca Corona,). The city is currently the centre of Italian tile industry and one of the most important tile producers in the ...

  3. Porcelain - Wikipedia

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    Hard-paste porcelain was invented in China, and it was also used in Japanese porcelain.Most of the finest quality porcelain wares are made of this material. The earliest European porcelains were produced at the Meissen factory in the early 18th century; they were formed from a paste composed of kaolin and alabaster and fired at temperatures up to 1,400 °C (2,552 °F) in a wood-fired kiln ...

  4. List of World Heritage Sites in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Italy ratified the convention on June 23, 1978. [3] Italy has 60 listed sites, making it the state party with the most World Heritage Sites, just above China . [3] [4] The first site in Italy, the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, was listed at the 3rd Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt, in 1979. [5]

  5. Late Antique and medieval mosaics in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 548. Italy has the richest concentration of Late Antique and medieval mosaics in the world. Although the art style is especially associated with Byzantine art and many Italian mosaics were probably made by imported Greek-speaking artists and craftsmen, there are surprisingly few significant mosaics remaining in the core Byzantine territories.

  6. Sassi di Matera - Wikipedia

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    In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. Beset by extreme poverty and riddled with malaria , the unhealthy living conditions were considered inhuman and an affront to the modern new Italian Republic of Alcide De Gasperi . [ 4 ]

  7. Vatican Gallery of Maps - Wikipedia

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    After the series of regional maps, there are two general geographical maps: Ancient Italy (with the inscription “Commendatur Italia locorum salubritate, coeli temperie, soli ubertate”) Modern Italy (with the inscription “Italia artium studiorumque plena semper est habita”). At the beginning and at the end of the gallery:

  8. Tile - Wikipedia

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    Mineral fiber tiles are fabricated from a range of products; wet felt tiles can be manufactured from perlite, mineral wool, and fibers from recycled paper; stone wool tiles are created by combining molten stone and binders which is then spun to create the tile; gypsum tiles are based on the soft mineral and then finished with vinyl, paper or a ...

  9. Made in Italy - Wikipedia

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    According to a market study by Statista in Made-In-Country-Index (MICI) 2017, and published by Forbes on 27/03/2017, Made in Italy today ranks 7th in terms of reputation among consumers worldwide. KPMG, surveyed in 2012 Made in Italy as the third brand in the world in terms of notoriety after Coca-Cola and Visa. [2]