11 Jul On the back of a man
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In the lands of the Ligurian farmers everything needed for agricultural activity and daily needs was transported on man's back....
09 Jul The “damned families”
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Hereditary divisions and continuous conflicts caused by fragmented agriculture are at the origin of the quarrelsomeness of the "damned families"....
09 Jul Environmental evolution of abandoned terraces
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Useful for adapting steep slopes to agricultural and building use, abandoned terraced slopes are fragile and vulnerable....
09 Jul The maritime slate trade
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The slate industry, especially that of Monte San Giacomo, depended on shipping for medium- and long-range distribution....
09 Jul On the heads of ‘cogornine and lavagnine’ women
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Barefoot, along the paths that lead from the mountain to the sea, the porters carry the precious load of slate on their heads....
09 Jul Architectural uses of slate
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Skilfully overlapped, the slate "tigules" are an iconic element of the use of black stone in architecture....
09 Jul The poor uses of slate in the Ligurian Tigullio
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With expert hands, farmers and artisans have creatively used slate as an integral part of their daily lives....
08 Jul The Good that Thrives Much with just a Little
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Thanks to the courage of the parish priest Don Michele Dondero, the potato became a fundamental element of the diet in Tigullio...