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Pininfarina’s dream: the PFX

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The PFX, also known as Pininfarina X, was one of Giovanni Farina’s wildest dreams. The Piedmontese entrepreneur (1893-1966), who in 1930 had founded the famous...
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The Iso Grifo A3C and Giotto Bizzarrini’s challenge against himself

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Giotto Bizzarrini, born in Livorno, was the great engineer and designer who created the Iso Grifo A3C in 1964. His main goal was to...
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Roman culture and the Lancia Astura Aerodinamica 233C

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The Lancia Astura models created between 1931 and 1939 – including the 1935 Lancia Astura Aerodinamica 233C portrayed in the gallery below – marked...
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The classy Moretti 1200 Spider by Michelotti

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The Moretti 1200 Spider was the creation of Giovanni Michelotti, a great designer born in Turin. Moretti S.p.A. had been founded by Giovanni Moretti in...
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The Ferrari 250 MM Berlinetta: small details for a great car

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Ferrari presented the 250 Mille Miglia (MM) Berlinetta, designed by Pininfarina, at the 1953 Geneva Motor Show. The same year, 13 were made and...
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The Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport: fluid harmony

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The 1949 Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport showcased here belongs to a family of “revolutionary” cars that Pininfarina was commissioned by Piero Dusio – owner...
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The Lamborghini 350 GTV: beauty born out of a quarrel

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The Lamborghini 350 GTV was born out of a dispute between Ferruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari in the early 1960s. The former was an...
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The Alfa Romeo Cuneo 33 and the angle on the 1970s

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With its taut lines and sharp corners, the Alfa Romeo Cuneo 33 was a thunderous innovation for eyes used to the sinuous profiles of...
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The Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione: winning elegance

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The Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione – the gallery showcases a 1948 model presented at the 2003 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este – is part...
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The Ferrari 250GT California Spider: something exciting

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In “Shadow Man”, the young American writer Cody McFayden has one of the characters declare his love for California sun: That dry, hot, no-clouds,...
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Lancia Aurelia PF200 C Spider and Renato Rascel’s state worker

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In 1958, Renato Rascel sang a popular song – “Lo Statale” – about a broke state worker who definitely could never afford Pininfarina’s Lancia...
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The Maserati A6 1500 shifts into gear

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The Maserati A6 1500 marked a shift in the history of the Modena-based car manufacturer. A shift sparked by Adolfo Orsi, the owner of...
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Fontana dell’Acqua Paola: Roman icon

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The Fontana dell’Acqua Paola (Acqua Paola Fountain) is one of Rome’s most famous sites and has appeared in movies and songs. Also...
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Reschio: home is where the wonder is

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Reschio is located in Lisciano Niccone, a small town nestled between Umbria’s rolling hills: it is a castle with a history that...
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Glam mood and echoes of the past at the Artè Boutique Hotel

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The Artè Boutique Hotel in Florence is located not far from the Sant’Ambrogio Market, in Piazzale Michelangelo’s district. Having opened inside...
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Casa Terni Smolars: the triumph of Art Nouveau

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The beautiful Casa Terni Smolars was built in 1906 by architect Romeo Depaoli in Trieste, on Piazza della Repubblica at the corner...
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