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by Barbara Ganz   The Silk Road has been reborn in Veneto, thanks to a network of businesses that has rebuilt and reorganised the entire cycle - from the cultivation of the mulberry tree to the breeding of silkworms, all the way to the transformation of the yarn - and that aims to restart the industry, create employment and social inclusion...

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People will come here and change the way they think about jewelry," promised Alba Cappellieri, director of the Museo del Gioiello. "You'll start thinking about what jewelry means to you. And your idea about jewelry will be different after you visit."   She just might be right. The museum, which opened in December 2014, features nine rooms fo...

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  WTI Magazine #28    2014 May, 1Author : Mara Franzese for PoisonDrops.com      Translation by:   Arnoldo] [Battois, the Venetian brand of Made in Italy handbags, was selected among 100 international designers to participate in "Origin Passion And Beliefs", which will be held from 8 to 11 May in Vicenza.  

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  WTI Magazine #42    2014 September, 3Author : Enrico De Iulis      Translation by:   The Intesa Sanpaolo Group is a large Italian bank, among the most famous and popular in Italy, and this writer is completely unaware of anything that is even close to numbers and financial movements. But there is a part of this banking institution that has all...

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by Giulia Crivelli "Today's trade fairs and those coming in the near future are and will be very different from those we are used to," said Matteo Marzotto, who for the past two and a half years has been running Italy's premier jewelry fair Vicenzaoro which will kick off this year on September 3.   September's show will involve 1,300 brands...

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Bracelet, ring, necklace, earring, jewel, gem, pearl... these are the protagonists of some beautiful tales in Vicenza's Jewelry Museum. The word "jewel" itself has an interesting story to tell: some say it comes from the Latin 'gaudium', joy, others 'iocus', jest... two equally promising etymologies with a beautiful happy ending.   The curat...

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By Chiara Mattirolo   Camp Darby military units joined together with their peers of the Italian Base Command and Soldiers of the Folgore Brigade July 25 to take part in a Leadership Reaction Course at the Folgore Training Area, Lustrissimi.   "This type of training is fundamental in enforcing reciprocal confidence, both from a psychol...

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  WTI Magazine #15    2014 Jan, 31Author : italia.it      Translation by:   The Teatro Olimpico is one of Vicenza's artistic wonders and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This theatre is the absolute climax of the creativity of one of the greatest Italian architects, Andrea Palladio, who was openly inspired by the...

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The Palladio Museum of Vicenza has come up with an original exhibit treating a number of historic depictions of Rome in Antiquity. Mamma Roma: Visioni di Roma Antica da Piranesi a Pasolini is a journey through imaginations plural, of the city that once was, and the city that Andrea Palladio, above all, sought to study in profundity, in his eff...

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Valbruna Slater Stainless, Inc., a stainless steel and nickel alloy manufacturer, announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 45 new jobs by 2017.   The company, which is a subsidiary of Vicenza, Italy-based Acciaierie Valbruna, will invest $30.5 million to renovate and equip its Fort Wayne facilities, constructing a...

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