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The Neapolitan Presepe: A City in Miniature

By Ines Keane Not just a stable. The Neapolitan nativity scene, the presepe, grows into a market, a tavern and […]

By Porter Lang One side is longer. That is the first design fact about a Venetian gondola, and it is

By Rafe Calder A lake gives water. That is the plain reason the sources give for silk at Como, and

By Isla Quinn Houses cut into rock. That is the short version of Matera, a city on the right bank

By Porter Lang Leather is skin, and tanning is what keeps it from rotting. There is more than one way

By Rafe Calder The rind is the label. It is stamped, dotted and branded, and each mark means something. Start

By Isla Quinn A small town on a steep coast. Once a maritime power. Now also known for lemons and

By Ines Keane Hold a sheet up to the light. If there is a mark in it, you are looking

By Rafe Calder The floor of one Florentine chapel was finished in 1962, more than three and a half centuries

By Isla Quinn Antonio Stradivari made more than 1,100 instruments, according to Wikipedia, and about 650 survive. Almost everything after