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La bottega

An artisan workshop

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A bottega is a craft workshop. Leather in Florence, ceramics in Deruta, violins in Cremona โ€” each town has its speciality.

Cremona has made violins since the 1500s, and its makers still shape the wood with hand tools and their ears.

In Emilia-Romagna the workshops build engines: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani and Ducati all grew up along the same road, the Via Emilia.

Adam in an Italia scarf, waving, with Luna the cream retriever

We call our strip of the Via Emilia the Motor Valley: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Ducati and Pagani were all born within an hour of each other.

Adam is from Emilia-Romagna โ€” visit his home region.

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