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  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Chef Ed Witt prepares dishes of stone broke farm beef heart for a special seating of five at the Bloomingdale Road restaurant.  Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
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  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Chef Ed Witt prepares dishes of Mackerel (flash seared, meyer lemon, sunchockes & saffron) for a special seating of five at the Bloomingdale Road restaurant.  Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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    EdWitt_002.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
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cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    EdWitt_016.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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    EdWitt_007.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_019.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. A special seating of five is here in the Open Kitchen of Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_018.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_017.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_015.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. A special seating of five is here in the Open Kitchen of Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_014.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. A special seating of five is here in the Open Kitchen of Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_013.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Chef Ed Witt slices a stone broke farm beed heart at the Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
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www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_011.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Chef Ed Witt slices a stone broke farm beed heart at the Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_010.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_009.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_008.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_006.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_005.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_004.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. A special seating of five is here in the Open Kitchen of Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_003.jpg
  • Florence, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele on the Chiantigiana SR 222 Road, outside Florence, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6200.jpg
  • 15 December, 2008. New York, NY. A special seating of five is here in the Open Kitchen of Ed Witt at Bloomingdale Road restaurant. Ed Witt is "on stage" for a small birthday party of five people in the open kitchen of Bloomingdale Road's dining room, a New York restaurant. Several restaurants offer special seatings with their celebrity chefs.<br />
<br />
©2008 Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +1 328 567 7923 (Italy)<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
    EdWitt_001.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6730.jpg
  • Murlo, Italy - 11 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, in Florence, Italy, on September 11th 2014.
    CIPG_20140911_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7823.jpg
  • Asciano, Italy - 10 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany , through the Crete Senesi in Asciano, Italy, on September 10th 2014.<br />
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The Crete Senesi refers to an area of the Italian region of Tuscany to the south of Siena. It consists of a range of hills and woods among villages and includes the comuni of Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d'Arbia, Rapolano Terme and San Giovanni d'Asso, all within the province of Siena. Crete senesi are literally ‘Senese clays’, and the distinctive grey colouration of the soil gives the landscape an appearance often described as lunar.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7166.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7003.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6825.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6734.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7003.jpg
  • Asciano, Italy - 10 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, through the Crete Senesi in Asciano, Italy, on September 10th 2014.<br />
<br />
The Crete Senesi refers to an area of the Italian region of Tuscany to the south of Siena. It consists of a range of hills and woods among villages and includes the comuni of Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d'Arbia, Rapolano Terme and San Giovanni d'Asso, all within the province of Siena. Crete senesi are literally ‘Senese clays’, and the distinctive grey colouration of the soil gives the landscape an appearance often described as lunar.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7360.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6854.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6835.jpg
  • Castelvecchi (Radda in Chianti), Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann rides a Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 on a road trip through Tuscany, in Castelvecchi (Radda in Chianti), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6577.jpg
  • Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann and her travel companion Michele get on their Vespas ready to hit the road in Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6459.jpg
  • Forcoli (Palaia), Italy - 12 September 2014: Florio Monti (92), a Vespa racer and a retired Piaggio mechanic, poses for a portrait in his garage in Forcoli (Palaia), Italy, on September 12th 2014.
    CIPG_20140912_ADAC-Vespa__M3_8581.jpg
  • Pontedera, Italy - 12 September 2014: The Vespa 98 (center), the first model of Vespa commercialized in 1946, is here on display at the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera, Italy, on September 12th 2014.
    CIPG_20140912_ADAC-Vespa__M3_8461.jpg
  • Terme di Petriolo, Italy - 11 September 2014: Bathers are here at the Thermal Baths of Petriolo (Terme di Petriolo), Italy, on September 11th 2014. The thermal baths of Petriolo were already known by the Romans, as cited by Cicero.
    CIPG_20140911_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7924.jpg
  • Montalcino, Italy - 10 September 2014: A Vespa 125 Primavera of 1974 is parked here under an arch on a rainy day in Montalcino, Italy, on September 10th 2014.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7576.jpg
  • Castelvecchi (Radda in Chianti), Italy - 9 September 2014: A cypress is seen here at the Agriturismo Borgo Castelvecchi, in Castelvecchi (Radda in Chianti), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6499.jpg
  • Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann and her travel companion Michele check a map of Tuscany in Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6438.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Stefano Farloni (67), owner of the Antica Macelleria Farloni, poses for a portrait at the entrance of the Farloni butcher shop and delicatessen in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014. Stefano Farloni has been working here since the age of 7 years old. The Antica Macelleria Farloni was founded in 1806 and has been working for 9 generations.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6340.jpg
  • Forcoli (Palaia), Italy - 12 September 2014: The garage of racer and mechanic Florio Monti (92 years old) in Forcoli (Palaia), Italy, on September 12th 2014.
    CIPG_20140912_ADAC-Vespa__M3_8489.jpg
  • Pontedera, Italy - 12 September 2014: Models of Vespa Primavera 125 are here on display at the Piaggio Museum in Pontedera, Italy, on September 12th 2014.
    CIPG_20140912_ADAC-Vespa__M3_8468.jpg
  • Chiusdino, Italy - 11 September 2014: Interior view of San Galgano Abbey in Chiusdino, Italy, on September 11th 2014.
    CIPG_20140911_ADAC-Vespa__M3_8008.jpg
  • Chiusure (Asciano), Italy - 10 September 2014: The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore in Chiusure (Asciano), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7733.jpg
  • Montalcino, Italy - 10 September 2014: The clock tower is seen here on a rainy day in Montalcino, Italy, on September 10th 2014.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7550.jpg
  • Chiusure (Asciano), Italy - 10 September 2014: A newly married couple is greeted by family and friends as they exit the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore in Chiusure (Asciano), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7488.jpg
  • Chiusure (Asciano), Italy - 10 September 2014: Tourists observe the frescoes  at the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore in Chiusure (Asciano), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7436.jpg
  • Castelvecchi (Radda in Chianti), Italy - 10 September 2014: The Agriturismo Borgo Castelvecchi, a medieval village transformed in a farm stay (agriturismo), in Castelvecchi (Radda in Chianti), Italy, on September 10th 2014.
    CIPG_20140910_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7092.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: View of the Chianti region landscape in Tuscany, in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_7047.jpg
  • Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), Italy - 9 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann and her travel companion Michele check a map of Tuscany in Montefioralle (Greve in Chianti), Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6422.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: A butcher slices a prosciutto at the Antica Macelleria Farloni, founded in 1806 in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014. The Antica Macelleria Farloni has been working for the past 9 generations.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6395.jpg
  • Greve in Chianti, Italy - 9 September 2014: Prosciuttos and pecorino goat cheese are displayed at the Antica Macelleria Farloni, a butcher shop and delicatessen store founded in 1806 in Greve in Chianti, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6316.jpg
  • Florence, Italy - 9 September 2014: A view of Florence with the dome of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore, from Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, Italy, on September 9th 2014.
    CIPG_20140909_ADAC-Vespa__M3_6096.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A worker worker rests after covering tubes with cement on the construction site of the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_16.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  A truck passes by the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy. bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_10.jpg
  • Seminara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A construction worker is here by the finished Barritteri gallery on 18 July, 2012, in Seminara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_22.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A  worker is here in his digger on the construction site of the Fontanella gallery on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_20.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: Construction workers are here on the construction site of the Canalello bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_18.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A worker carries a ladder on the construction site of the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_14.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  A truck passes by the Sfliciusu bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_09.jpg
  • Scill, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  Worker on the Favazzina bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Scilla, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_06.jpg
  • Reggio Calabria, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  on 18 July, 2012. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_04.jpg
  • Scilla, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  Two workers are here in a construction site of the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway on 18 July, 2012, in Scilla, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_03.jpg
  • Seminara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: Construction workers are here by the finished Barritteri gallery at the end of the day on 18 July, 2012, in Seminara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_23.jpg
  • Seminara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: The finished Barritteri gallery on 18 July, 2012, in Seminara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_21.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: Moussa Boukris, 43, a construction worker originally from Tunisia, rests at the end of the day after he finished working on the construction site of the Canalello bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
    Corruption_19.jpg
  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A digger is here on the construction site of the Canalello bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: Workers cover tubes with cement on the construction site of the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A wooden platform is here on the construction site of the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A plastic chair is left behind workers at the end of the day in a gallery by the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Bagnara, Italy - 18 July, 2012: Working boots are left behind workers at the end of the day in a gallery by the Sfalassà bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Bagnara, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Scilla, Italy - 18 July, 2012: A worker cuts wood by the Muro gallery on 18 July, 2012, in Scilla, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Scilla, Italy - 18 July, 2012:  A worker walks by the under construction Muro gallery on 18 July, 2012 in Scilla, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • Scilla, Italy - 18 July, 2012: The Costa Viola bridge on 18 July, 2012, in Scilla, Italy. The Autostrada A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria is a motorway in the south of Italy, which runs from Salerno to Reggio Calabria via Salerno. Due to its notorious poor conditions of maintenance, and its difficult route, the motorway has been often taken as a symbol of the backwardness and economical problems of southern Italy.
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  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of the 2012 flood that hit the Cinque Terra - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
villages' main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives -is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
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  • Montalcino, Italy - 10 September 2014: Journalist Tina Nachtmann has a break at a cafe during a Vespa tour on a road trip through Tuscany with her travel companion Michele, in Montalcino, Italy, on September 10th 2014.
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  • 27 August 2010. Paneveggio, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy. A Porsche 914-6  is parked in front of  the Casa Cantoniera in Paneveggio. The "Casa Cantoniera" was initially used as a residence for ANAS workers (Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade - National Autonomous Roads Corporation), an Italian government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways. These houses are typically red and distributed on all the historical roads of Italy. They were used to store tools for the road maintenance and to host the ANAS workers with their families. After the 80's, the Casa Cantoniera started to be dismissed because of their excessive costs.<br />
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  • 27 August 2010. Paneveggio, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy. ADAC reporter Katja Fastrich sits on a Porsche 914-6  and checks a map at the Casa Cantoniera in Paneveggio. The "Casa Cantoniera" was initially used as a residence for ANAS workers (Azienda Nazionale Autonoma delle Strade - National Autonomous Roads Corporation), an Italian government-owned company deputed to the construction and maintenance of Italian motorways. These houses are typically red and distributed on all the historical roads of Italy. They were used to store tools for the road maintenance and to host the ANAS workers with their families. After the 80's, the Casa Cantoniera started to be dismissed because of their excessive costs.<br />
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©2010 Gianni Cipriano<br />
cell. +1 646 465 2168 (USA)<br />
cell. +39 328 567 7923<br />
gianni@giannicipriano.com<br />
www.giannicipriano.com
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  • Gioia Tauro, Italy - 31 August, 2012: A young man sits on the side of the road in Gioia Tauro, Italy, a mafia stronghold on August 31, 2012. The current mayor of Gioia Tauro, Renato Bellofiore, was elected in 2010 after the former mayor and deputy mayor, Giorgio Dal Torrione and Rosario Schiavone, were arrested on Mafia charges in 2008. Both had been forced to step down when the city council was dissolved on suspicion of Mafia infiltration. Gioia Tauro is a city of 19,000 people built on an ancient Greek necrapolis and that today has the largest seaport in Italy and the sevent largest container port in Europe with its extension of 4,646 meters. Because the port is not connected to adeguate roads or rails, the ships mostly transfer containers to smaller vessels and little economic activity stays local. To authorities, the port is best known as the first point of entry for most of the cocaine that enters Europe from South America. In a routine rais earlier this month, authorities seized 176 kilos of pure cocaine with an estimated street value of 38 million euros.<br />
<br />
Calabria is one of the poorest Italian regions which suffers from lack of basic services (hospitals without proper equipment, irregular electricity and water), the product of disparate political interests vying for power. The region is dominated by the 'Ndrangheta (pronounced en-Drang-get-A), which authorities say is the most powerful in Italy because it is the welthiest and best organized.<br />
<br />
The region today has nearly 20 percent unemployment, 40 percent youth unemployment and among the lowest female unemployment and broadband Internet levels in Italy. Business suffer since poor infrastructure drives up transport costs.<br />
<br />
Last summer the European Union's anti-fraud office demanded that Italy redirect 380 million euros in structural funding away from the A3 Salerno - Reggio Calabria highway after finding widespread evidence of corruption in the bidding processes.
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 MAY 2022: "L'Albero dei tutti", a sculpture by Gregor Prugger is seen here in the church of Santa Maria dello Spasimo, as part of the Spazi Capaci (Capaci Spaces), a public art program designed to build trust in institutions and ensure mobsters never gain a foothold in the city again in Palermo, Italy, on May 24th 2022.<br />
<br />
<br />
Until recently, Palermo was infamous as the Mafia capital of the world. A turning point in the establishment of law and order was the murder of Giovanni Falcone, Italy’s a famous judge who pioneered new methods to combat the Mafia and paved the way to the organization’s demise. The Mafia had its revenge in 1992, detonating a powerful bomb under a road near Capaci in Palermo’s hinterland. The explosion killed Falcone, his wife and three escorts.<br />
<br />
To mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy on Monday, Palermo unveiled seven art<br />
installations reminding people of the city’s dark Mafia years, and encouraging local residents to<br />
resist creeping mafia influence. Part of the Spazi Capaci (Capaci Spaces), a three-year public art<br />
series taking place mainly in the Sicilian capital, the works were inaugurated as dignitaries<br />
including Sergio Mattarella, the President of Italy, arrived in Palermo for a commemoration<br />
ceremony remembering Falcone. The project has been organized by the Fondazione Falcone, an anti-Mafia organization in Palermo, with funding provided by the Education Ministry and private donors. “We have always<br />
known that culture is one of the best weapons against the Mafia,” said Maria Falcone, the sister<br />
of the murdered judge and President of the Fondazione Falcone. “Repression alone is not<br />
enough to beat the Mafia,” she added. “You also need social and cultural work for that.”<br />
Capaci Spaces aims to inspire residents to take pride in their city by making Palermo more<br />
beautiful, Falcone said. Displaying art in public places could also show that the city belongs to<br />
everybody, not just the mafiosi, she said. “I
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 MAY 2022: "L'Albero dei tutti", a sculpture by Gregor Prugger is seen here in the church of Santa Maria dello Spasimo, as part of the Spazi Capaci (Capaci Spaces), a public art program designed to build trust in institutions and ensure mobsters never gain a foothold in the city again in Palermo, Italy, on May 24th 2022.<br />
<br />
<br />
Until recently, Palermo was infamous as the Mafia capital of the world. A turning point in the establishment of law and order was the murder of Giovanni Falcone, Italy’s a famous judge who pioneered new methods to combat the Mafia and paved the way to the organization’s demise. The Mafia had its revenge in 1992, detonating a powerful bomb under a road near Capaci in Palermo’s hinterland. The explosion killed Falcone, his wife and three escorts.<br />
<br />
To mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy on Monday, Palermo unveiled seven art<br />
installations reminding people of the city’s dark Mafia years, and encouraging local residents to<br />
resist creeping mafia influence. Part of the Spazi Capaci (Capaci Spaces), a three-year public art<br />
series taking place mainly in the Sicilian capital, the works were inaugurated as dignitaries<br />
including Sergio Mattarella, the President of Italy, arrived in Palermo for a commemoration<br />
ceremony remembering Falcone. The project has been organized by the Fondazione Falcone, an anti-Mafia organization in Palermo, with funding provided by the Education Ministry and private donors. “We have always<br />
known that culture is one of the best weapons against the Mafia,” said Maria Falcone, the sister<br />
of the murdered judge and President of the Fondazione Falcone. “Repression alone is not<br />
enough to beat the Mafia,” she added. “You also need social and cultural work for that.”<br />
Capaci Spaces aims to inspire residents to take pride in their city by making Palermo more<br />
beautiful, Falcone said. Displaying art in public places could also show that the city belongs to<br />
everybody, not just the mafiosi, she said. “I
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  • PALERMO, ITALY - 24 MAY 2022: "Branco", a series of sculptures by Velasco Vitali is seen here in the church of San Domenico as part of the Spazi Capaci (Capaci Spaces), a public art program designed to build trust in institutions and ensure mobsters never gain a foothold in the city again in Palermo, Italy, on May 24th 2022.<br />
<br />
<br />
Until recently, Palermo was infamous as the Mafia capital of the world. A turning point in the establishment of law and order was the murder of Giovanni Falcone, Italy’s a famous judge who pioneered new methods to combat the Mafia and paved the way to the organization’s demise. The Mafia had its revenge in 1992, detonating a powerful bomb under a road near Capaci in Palermo’s hinterland. The explosion killed Falcone, his wife and three escorts.<br />
<br />
To mark the 30th anniversary of the tragedy on Monday, Palermo unveiled seven art<br />
installations reminding people of the city’s dark Mafia years, and encouraging local residents to<br />
resist creeping mafia influence. Part of the Spazi Capaci (Capaci Spaces), a three-year public art<br />
series taking place mainly in the Sicilian capital, the works were inaugurated as dignitaries<br />
including Sergio Mattarella, the President of Italy, arrived in Palermo for a commemoration<br />
ceremony remembering Falcone. The project has been organized by the Fondazione Falcone, an anti-Mafia organization in Palermo, with funding provided by the Education Ministry and private donors. “We have always<br />
known that culture is one of the best weapons against the Mafia,” said Maria Falcone, the sister<br />
of the murdered judge and President of the Fondazione Falcone. “Repression alone is not<br />
enough to beat the Mafia,” she added. “You also need social and cultural work for that.”<br />
Capaci Spaces aims to inspire residents to take pride in their city by making Palermo more<br />
beautiful, Falcone said. Displaying art in public places could also show that the city belongs to<br />
everybody, not just the mafiosi, she said. “In short, we are
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 20 JULY 2019: The chef prepares a dish of spaghetti alla Nerano here at Cisterna Cafe & Bistrot, a cafe in Naples, Italy, on July 20th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2016 a group of entrepreneurs decided it was time Naples had a bar where people could indulge in a lazy morning breakfast, a slow midday meal or a long afternoon tea – a place where the chairs are comfortable, the tables are an inviting wood and you are encouraged to stay and make your phone calls, write your papers and chat with friends. A bistro that encourages an indulgence in idleness, sitting between old radios and vintage chandeliers in a space where design and food are both thoughtful and high quality.<br />
<br />
Cisterna Cafè & Bistro was born inside the shell of an old building on Via Cisterna dell’Olio. The road – and the bar – is so called because of the four very large cisterns that once stood here, used to preserve the olive oil that arrived in Naples from all over.<br />
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The Neapolitan Salvatore and Attanasia, who is of Greek origins, are the two friendly baristas-cum-bartenders who welcome customers each morning. “Here, we have clients who come to have breakfast and then they stay all morning working,” says Salvatore.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 20 JULY 2019: A customer has spaghetti alla Nerano are seen here at Cisterna Cafe & Bistrot, a cafe in Naples, Italy, on July 20th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2016 a group of entrepreneurs decided it was time Naples had a bar where people could indulge in a lazy morning breakfast, a slow midday meal or a long afternoon tea – a place where the chairs are comfortable, the tables are an inviting wood and you are encouraged to stay and make your phone calls, write your papers and chat with friends. A bistro that encourages an indulgence in idleness, sitting between old radios and vintage chandeliers in a space where design and food are both thoughtful and high quality.<br />
<br />
Cisterna Cafè & Bistro was born inside the shell of an old building on Via Cisterna dell’Olio. The road – and the bar – is so called because of the four very large cisterns that once stood here, used to preserve the olive oil that arrived in Naples from all over.<br />
<br />
The Neapolitan Salvatore and Attanasia, who is of Greek origins, are the two friendly baristas-cum-bartenders who welcome customers each morning. “Here, we have clients who come to have breakfast and then they stay all morning working,” says Salvatore.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 20 JULY 2019: Interior view of Cisterna Cafe & Bistrot, a cafe in Naples, Italy, on July 20th 2019.<br />
<br />
In 2016 a group of entrepreneurs decided it was time Naples had a bar where people could indulge in a lazy morning breakfast, a slow midday meal or a long afternoon tea – a place where the chairs are comfortable, the tables are an inviting wood and you are encouraged to stay and make your phone calls, write your papers and chat with friends. A bistro that encourages an indulgence in idleness, sitting between old radios and vintage chandeliers in a space where design and food are both thoughtful and high quality.<br />
<br />
Cisterna Cafè & Bistro was born inside the shell of an old building on Via Cisterna dell’Olio. The road – and the bar – is so called because of the four very large cisterns that once stood here, used to preserve the olive oil that arrived in Naples from all over.<br />
<br />
The Neapolitan Salvatore and Attanasia, who is of Greek origins, are the two friendly baristas-cum-bartenders who welcome customers each morning. “Here, we have clients who come to have breakfast and then they stay all morning working,” says Salvatore.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 13 MAY 2020: Matteo Garofalo (43), a stage manager, poses for a portrait at the Teatro Augusteo theater in Naples, Italy, on May 13th 2020.<br />
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Matteo Garofalo has had a successful career as a stage manager, most recently touring Italy with a musical adaptation of the film “The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” about a drag queen on a road trip.<br />
But since theatres won’t be able to host packed audiences any time soon, Mr. Garofalo is already looking for alternatives: He has applied fruit and vegetable harvesting jobs.<br />
“I have enough savings for several months, but no job prospects,” said Mr. Garofalo, 44. “I’m always hopeful the situation will change. But I need to do something. Cash is what makes the world go round. If not they will cut my electricity and I won’t have anything to eat.”<br />
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<br />
The coronavirus pandemic has precipitated one of the worst economic downturns in generations across the world. But few major economies are likely to suffer as much as Italy’s, or take longer to recover.<br />
The health emergency has already left hundreds of thousands of Italians unable to pay for their own food for the first time. Experts warn that the poverty crisis is only just beginning, and that many of those who abruptly plunged into poverty may never be able to lift themselves out of it – even once the pandemic is over. Italy, more than its Western European neighbors, is ill-prepared to deal with a crisis of this magnitude. Its big problem is that its economy never really recovered from the 2008 financial crisis, leaving families poorer and the government much more indebted today than it was then.<br />
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CREDIT: Gianni Cipriano for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • GARGANO, ITALY - 27 NOVEMBER 2018:  A road along a hillside olive grove in Gargnano, a northern village on the western shore of Lake Garda, Italy, on November 27th 2018. <br />
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Lake Garda, Italy’s largest lake, is an odd micro-biome of Mediterranean olive-oil culture in the midst of frost-prone, butter-oriented Lombardy. Though its northern extreme is at the same latitude as Fargo, North Dakota, Garda’s shores are girded by lemon and palm trees, as well as olive orchards, which climb the hillsides that surround the lake to heights of 1,500 feet. Lake Garda, overlooked by the Dolomites, snowcapped in early winter, is the northernmost point in the world where olives can be reliably cultivated. Lake Garda, where there is a record of uninterrupted cultivation since the thirteenth century, has a reputation for producing delicate, mild-flavored oils that has pleased more conservative northern European palates since the Renaissance.<br />
In contrast to Spain, France, and Greece, where a few star cultivars dominate production, Italy, with its multiplicity of soils and microclimates, has always been the Amazonian rainforest of olive biodiversity. Every year, the fruit from 179 million trees—three for every man, woman, and child in the nation—is gathered by 825,000 separate cultivators, to be pressed in 4,900 mills. At last count, there were 530 distinct olive varieties in Italy.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: Aldo Melpignano (40), proprietor of Borgo Egnazia, a high-end resort in Puglia, poses for a portrait here at Borgo Egnazia in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: Aldo Melpignano (40), proprietor of Borgo Egnazia, a high-end resort in Puglia, poses for a portrait here at Borgo Egnazia in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: Aldo Melpignano (40), proprietor of Borgo Egnazia, a high-end resort in Puglia, poses for a portrait here at Borgo Egnazia in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: Aldo Melpignano (40), proprietor of Borgo Egnazia, a high-end resort in Puglia, poses for a portrait here at Borgo Egnazia in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
<br />
Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • LOCOROTONDO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: A man opens the chapel in a tradition Apulian village in the surroundings of Borgo Egnazia, a high-end resort in Puglia, on Italy’s eastern coast, in Locorotondo, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
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Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
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Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: A view of the bedroom of "Casetta Bella",  a two-storey house in "Il Borgo" (the village), reminiscent of a traditional Apulian village and the heart of the Borgo Egnazia property, a high-end resort in Puglia, in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
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Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
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Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: A view of the terrace of "Casetta Bella",  a two-storey house in "Il Borgo" (the village), reminiscent of a traditional Apulian village and the heart of the Borgo Egnazia property, a high-end resort in Puglia, in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
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Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
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Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
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  • FASANO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2018: Aldo Melpignano (40), proprietor of Borgo Egnazia, a high-end resort in Puglia, poses for a portrait here at Borgo Egnazia in Fasano, Italy, on July 22nd 2018.<br />
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Borgo Egnazia, modeled after a 15th century Apulian village, rolls out over 250 acres on a plot of land originally razed by Mussolini and intended as an air force base, ending nearing the Adriatic. Aldo Melpignano, the 40 years old owner, has pioneered a hospitality company that has managed to seize on the hype surrounding wellness and authentic experiences at once. His company, SD Hotels, turns Puglia’s traditional farmhouses into resorts that focus on fitness (Apulian folk dance classes in 400 year old olive groves) and otherworldly spa treatments (one massage uses “vibrational water”) in addition to traditional Italian fare (milk serum, handmade orecchiette pasta, octopus in a broth of just-plucked tomatoes). <br />
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Borgo Egnazia is the largest of his five properties, with three public pools, a village square out of central casting, and nearly 200 rooms.  Celebrities like Madonna have been won over by Borgo Egnazia’s faux Medieval facades and farmhouse chic interiors, an effect best described as “Game of Thrones” meets Restoration Hardware. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel got married here in 2012. SD Hotels, which last year saw revenues of $57 million, started with his family’s summer home, Masseria San Domenico, a few miles down the road from Borgo Egnazia.
    CIPG_20180722_NYT-BorgoEgnazia-Melpi...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, touches a non-dry stone wall (cement has been used here) to show a class of high-school students the difference with dry stone walls, here in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
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Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
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Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
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  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A hill with terracing and dry stone walls is seen here in Vernazza, a village of the Cinque Terre, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class climbs up the steep<br />
slope during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_73...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, walks through a vineyard in a terracing here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
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She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_73...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class takes measures during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A photo album with 1950s pictures of Andrea Corvaro's mother (left), one of the few women who had mastered the art of dry stone walls, and of other stone walls and farmers (right) are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
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