The Rebirth of Basketball in Anghiari: The New ‘Libertas San Bartolomeo’

The colours of Libertas San Bartolomeo are white and green, chosen to honour the local tradition. Although the original colours of the Libertas were white and red, the decision to adopt white and green reflects a deeper connection with Anghiari and its patron saint, St. Bartholomew. This choice is not only aesthetic, but represents a strong symbol of identity and belonging.

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500 Years of Villa Calcinaia: A Journey Through History, Wine and Sustainability

The 500 years of Villa Calcinaia are not only a tribute to the past, but a declaration of intent for the future. The Capponi family continues to work to keep Chianti Classico among the world’s excellences, combining the rediscovery of ancient vine varieties with innovative techniques to address modern challenges, such as climate change.

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Claudio Cosci, an Avant-garde ‘Fountain’ for Hydraulics

Who knows what Duchamp, a famous exponent of the French avant-garde, would think if he had seen us busy around a toilet, wanting to reproduce a new ‘Fountain’ – his ready-made work/urinal, created by the artist in 1917. The original piece, which was widely known for its sensation, was lost. Today only copies are preserved in various museums around the world.

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Updates from Paradise

“Phase two of this newly branded ‘Terme Miele’, which we have called ‘water’ – he continues – will see the commissioning of two therapeutic whirlpools, two private soaking tubs for specific bath oil and salt treatments and an anti-gravity mini-pool”. The architecture of the new Spa will recall a beehive, combining well-being with the prodigious magic world of bees and honey inspired treatments.

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Interview with Maestro Roggi

My work arises from a constant dialogue between ideal forms and the material that expresses them, a process that is not purely instinctive nor totally rational. It is a fusion of intuition and reflection, in which natural laws and ideas meet, with geometry marrying to living form. I do not try to separate these aspects, because I believe that beauty emerges precisely from this synthesis between ideal perfection and material imperfection, between thought and gesture.

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BINDI Spa – The Era of Giovanni Baecchi: a Long Story for a New Path

There is a thread that unites past and future, a bond that carries on tradition with an eye to innovation. This thread is the story of BINDI Spa, a company that has been operating in the construction-road sector for over 75 years. Today, under the visionary guidance of Giovanni Baecchi, the company no longer limits itself to tracing physical paths, but creates new paths towards the future, intertwining technology with the hearts of the people who live it every day.

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