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Crafts and workshops in Romagna

What makes Romagna different from other destinations is something you can touch: the majolica of Faenza, the rust printed cloths made with pear wood blocks, the mosaic of Ravenna, shops open for fifty years and more. Here are 232 workshops where you can watch the craftspeople at work and take home a real piece.

  • Faenza ceramics
  • Rust printed cloths
  • Ravenna mosaic
  • Historic shops of Rimini
  • Historic shops of Bologna

Tap a point to open its workshop. Workshops that give no precise street are not on the map.

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Faenza ceramics

Faenza gave its name to faience, majolica: ceramics have been made here since the Middle Ages with the clay of the hills, and the famous Faenza "whites" were born in the 16th century. Today the town has about sixty workshops, which you recognise by the oval ceramic plaque by the door, and Faenza is a UNESCO Creative City.

  • An Iznik dish (about 1590) in the Ceramics Museum: the Islamic ceramics that inspire the workshopPhoto: Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    An Iznik dish (about 1590) in the Ceramics Museum: the Islamic ceramics that inspire the workshop

    Bottega Vignoli Ceramiche Artistiche

    Faenza · Via Fermi 30

    The sisters Ivana and Saura Vignoli opened their workshop in 1976. They draw on Islamic, Hispano-Moresque, Roman and Byzantine ceramics, and reduction firing with metallic glazes gives every piece an iridescent glow.

    Shop

    Website Official page

  • A vase by Riccardo Gatti (1928-1929), now in the International Museum of CeramicsPhoto: Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    A vase by Riccardo Gatti (1928-1929), now in the International Museum of Ceramics

    Ceramica Gatti 1928

    Faenza · Via Pompignoli 2/4 · Via Pistocchi 14

    Founded in 1928 by Riccardo Gatti, who invented techniques such as the metallic lustres still used today. The whole majolica cycle is done by hand, from the traditional Faenza patterns to pieces for today's interiors. Workshop, museum and shop, with the showroom in via Pistocchi.

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    Website Official page

  • Renaissance Faenza majolica in the Ceramics Museum: the classic patterns the workshop paintsPhoto: Emanuele Schembri, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Renaissance Faenza majolica in the Ceramics Museum: the classic patterns the workshop paints

    Ceramiche Artistiche La Vecchia Faenza, Laura Silvagni

    Faenza · Via Sant’Ippolito 23/A

    Founded in 1967, it brush-paints majolica with the classic Faenza patterns, the ones handed down from the city's golden ages. Since 2004 it has joined the workshop of Laura Silvagni, a specialist of the "raffaellesco" pattern painted with the tip of the brush.

    Shop

    Website Official page

  • Corso Mazzini in Faenza, the street of the shopPhoto: Szeder László, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Corso Mazzini in Faenza, the street of the shop

    Ceramiche Lega

    Faenza · Corso Mazzini 74/c · Via F.lli Rosselli 6

    The name was born in 1950 with Leandro Lega; his daughter Carla carries it on with a modern style and reduction lustre, today together with Martina. Shop in corso Mazzini, workshop in via Rosselli with the Museo Lega, open on booking.

    Shop Museum

    Website Official page

  • A potter at the wheel: a 1923 majolica sign in viale Baccarini, FaenzaPhoto: Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    A potter at the wheel: a 1923 majolica sign in viale Baccarini, Faenza

    Mondial Tornianti Gino Geminiani

    Faenza · Via Nuova 37

    An association born from the wish of the master thrower Gino Geminiani: a workshop where you learn the wheel, decoration and every step of ceramics. Courses in throwing, painting, glazes and sculpture, and a work space with wheels and kilns open to artists and amateurs from all over the world.

    For children Courses Artist residencies

    Website Official page

  • Goffredo Gaeta in his studio, next to his majolica sculpture "Onda"Photo: Pcdoctorfaenza, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Goffredo Gaeta in his studio, next to his majolica sculpture "Onda"

    Studio d’Arte Goffredo Gaeta

    Faenza · Via Firenze 445

    The studio of the ceramist and sculptor Goffredo Gaeta, who worked there from the 1950s, is in the old hydroelectric plant "La Cartiera" on the edge of Faenza, run like a Renaissance workshop: majolica, stained glass, sculptures in bronze, silver and marble. The workshop and the rooms are free to visit.

    Shop Museum

    Website Official page

The ceramics museums

  • MIC, International Museum of Ceramics

    Founded in 1908 by Gaetano Ballardini: more than 60,000 ancient and contemporary works from all over the world and the room of Renaissance Faenza ceramics. It runs the Premio Faenza.

  • Museo Carlo Zauli

    Since 2002 in the sculptor's historic workshop: the clay cellar, the glaze room, the kiln room and the garden with the monumental works.

  • Museo Guerrino Tramonti

    In the house and workshop where the artist lived from 1958 to 1992, with about 390 works.

  • Museo Riccardo Gatti and Museo Leandro Lega

    Inside two workshops still at work: the first opened in 1998 in the factory's historic premises, the second on booking.

Hours and tickets on the museums page · Official page

Argillà Italia

Every two years Faenza hosts Argillà Italia, the international ceramics festival and market, coordinated by the MIC.

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The Comune di Faenza's list of workshops

Rust printed cloths

Pear wood blocks carved by hand, a rust coloured paste of soft iron oxidised with wine vinegar, iron sulphate and flour, and a mallet struck on hemp, linen or cotton: that is Romagna hand printing. It was already done in the Papal States in the 17th century; today about ten print workshops keep it alive.

Cockerels, vine shoots, bunches of grapes, ears of wheat, pine cones and the caveja, the pin that joined the oxen's yoke to the cart, are the best known patterns; but every workshop has its own blocks, with eagles, griffins, dolphins and patterns taken from rich fabrics too.

  • The workshop's 17th-century mangle, photographed by Paolo Monti in 1971Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The workshop's 17th-century mangle, photographed by Paolo Monti in 1971

    Stamperia Artigiana Marchi

    Santarcangelo di Romagna · Via Cesare Battisti 15

    It has been printing cloth since the 17th century and is also a museum: the wheel mangle, built in 1633, still presses and polishes the cloth with its weight, the only one of that size in the world still working. The guided visits, about twenty minutes long, are booked in advance.

    Museum Guided visits

    Website Official page

  • A hand-printed tablecloth in Gambettola, the town of the print workshopsPhoto: Neri.jp, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    A hand-printed tablecloth in Gambettola, the town of the print workshops

    Stamperia F.lli Pascucci 1826

    Gambettola · Via Verdi 18

    Since 1826 the Pascucci family has been hand printing Romagna cloths: seven generations in the same Gambettola workshop, with wooden blocks loaded with colour and struck with a mallet. In 2026 it turns two hundred.

    Association mark

    Official page

  • The workshop's sign, in Gambettola's street of the print workshopsPhoto: Icio747, pubblico dominio, Wikimedia Commons

    The workshop's sign, in Gambettola's street of the print workshops

    Stamperia Bertozzi

    Gambettola · Largo M. Maestri 50

    Also in Gambettola, it has been hand printing fabrics with wooden blocks since 1920 and its cloths carry the Association's mark.

    Association mark

    Website Official page

  • Corso Garibaldi in Forlì, a short walk from the workshopPhoto: Szeder László, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Corso Garibaldi in Forlì, a short walk from the workshop

    Stamperia Il Guado

    Forlì · Via Giuditta Tavani Arquati 4

    A print workshop in the historic centre of Forlì: cloths hand printed with the rust printing technique, the old Romagna tradition.

    Association mark

    Website Official page

  • The Aldobrandini loggia, in the centre of MeldolaPhoto: Diego Baglieri, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The Aldobrandini loggia, in the centre of Meldola

    Bottega Visini

    Meldola · Via Cavour 135

    The print workshop was born in Meldola in 1895, when the town lived on silkworm breeding. Fabio Visini, a historic printer, is honorary president of the Association; today his daughter Paola runs the workshop.

    Association mark

    Website Official page

  • The Arch of Augustus in Rimini, a short walk from the workshopPhoto: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The Arch of Augustus in Rimini, a short walk from the workshop

    Stamperia Ruggine

    Rimini · Via Bertani 36

    In the historic centre of Rimini: cloths hand printed with the old methods, a member of the Association that guarantees Romagna printing is authentic.

    Association mark

    Official page

  • The parish church of San Giovanni Battista, on the workshop's streetPhoto: Mattis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The parish church of San Giovanni Battista, on the workshop's street

    Antica Stamperia Carpegna

    Carpegna · Via Pieve 4

    In the Montefeltro, below Monte Carpegna: for six generations cloth has been hand printed here with wooden blocks and rust colour. In the workshop you see more than a thousand wooden blocks on the old shelves.

    Association mark

    Website Official page

The Association's other print workshops

  • Stamperia BraghittoniCesenatico · Via Fiorentini 55Association mark

    Official page

  • Stamperia PeromattoSanta Sofia · Viale Roma 3Association mark

    Website Official page

  • Stamperia MiserocchiRavenna · Via Palavese 46-12Association mark

    Official page

  • Stamperia C'era Una VoltaCervia · Via Mazzolani 15 (piazza Pisacane)Association mark

    Official page

  • Stamperia CasadeiBellaria Igea Marina · Via P. Guidi 66Association mark

    Official page

The Association's mark

In 1997 the printers of the provinces of Forlì-Cesena, Rimini and Ravenna, with CNA, Confartigianato and the Forlì-Cesena Chamber of Commerce, founded the Associazione Stampatori Tele Romagnole. Its mark identifies the cloths printed by hand with blocks soaked in colour and struck with a mallet, not screen printed.

The Association's website

How to tell a hand printed cloth

  • Turn it over: the pattern and colour show on the back too, where the small flaws are more visible.
  • The pattern is made by setting several blocks side by side: it can show slight shifts where they meet.
  • The colour has shades and is never flat like screen printing.
  • The same pattern repeated is never identical: that is the mark of the hand.

Ravenna mosaic

Ravenna is the city of mosaic: eight of its early Christian and Byzantine monuments are UNESCO World Heritage, and in the streets of the centre the mosaic makers restore and copy their works and invent new ones. In several workshops you can buy, commission a piece or take a course.

  • "Folla", a mosaic by Luca Barberini (2009), at the MAR in RavennaPhoto: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    "Folla", a mosaic by Luca Barberini (2009), at the MAR in Ravenna

    Koko Mosaico

    Ravenna · Via di Roma 136

    Since 2005 it has been the atelier, workshop and school of Arianna Gallo and Luca Barberini: copies of ancient mosaics, from Ravenna and elsewhere, next to contemporary mosaics with unusual materials. You can buy and commission works, and take courses in an international atmosphere.

    Website Official page

  • A mosaic street sign of Ravenna's old town, in piazza del PopoloPhoto: Nicola Quirico, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    A mosaic street sign of Ravenna's old town, in piazza del Popolo

    Annafietta Mosaicisti in Ravenna

    Ravenna · Via Giuliano Argentario 21

    It was the antiques shop of Anna Finelli's grandparents; since 1998 it has been a mosaic workshop that cuts smalti, mirror glass and Tiffany glass by hand, piece by piece, for mirrors, vases and frames. The street name plates of the centre and the medals of the Ravenna Marathon are its work.

    Website Official page

  • "Movimento n. 18", a mosaic by CaCO3 (2011), at the MAR in RavennaPhoto: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    "Movimento n. 18", a mosaic by CaCO3 (2011), at the MAR in Ravenna

    CaCO3 Studio

    Ravenna · Via Salara 33

    Three artists, Âniko Ferreira da Silva, Giuseppe Donnaloia and Pavlos Mavromatidis, together since 2006 after studying at Ravenna's Mosaic Restoration School: they explore new relations between light and matter. The studio can be visited on weekdays or by appointment.

    Website Official page

  • Rudolf Nureyev's grave near Paris: the carpet is an Akomena mosaicPhoto: Ivonna Nowicka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Rudolf Nureyev's grave near Paris: the carpet is an Akomena mosaic

    Akomena Spazio Mosaico

    Ravenna · Via Giuliano Argentario 3

    Opened in 1988 by Francesca Fabbri, it has worked with designers such as Ettore Sottsass, Ron Arad and Gaetano Pesce. In 1996 it made the tomb of Rudolf Nureyev, inspired by his favourite kilim rug; the sculpture "Prigione", shown at the 2011 Venice Biennale, is now at the MAR in Ravenna.

    Website Official page

  • "Zodiaco", a mosaic by Marco Santi from a design by Valerio Adami (2013), at the MAR in RavennaPhoto: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    "Zodiaco", a mosaic by Marco Santi from a design by Valerio Adami (2013), at the MAR in Ravenna

    Gruppo Mosaicisti di Ravenna di Marco Santi

    Ravenna · Via Benedetto Fiandrini 8

    A historic firm founded in 1947 and now led by Marco Santi: it restores ancient mosaics and the stonework of heritage sites and makes contemporary mosaic works, in Italy and abroad.

    Website Official page

  • "Le montagne incantate", a mosaic by Luciana Notturni and Daniele Strada from a design by Michelangelo Antonioni (1997), at the MAR in RavennaPhoto: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    "Le montagne incantate", a mosaic by Luciana Notturni and Daniele Strada from a design by Michelangelo Antonioni (1997), at the MAR in Ravenna

    Officina del Mosaico di Luciana Notturni

    Ravenna · Via Francesco Negri 14

    Founded in 1970 by Luciana Notturni, who worked on the restoration of Ravenna's early Christian and Byzantine mosaics: restorations, copies of ancient mosaics and artists' works. Since 1998 the workshop has housed her Scuola Artistica del Mosaico, where she teaches the Ravenna technique to people from all over the world.

    Website Official page

The Mosaic Temporary Shop

Inside the tourist office at piazza San Francesco 7 there is a space for contemporary mosaic and the city's artistic crafts: a good place to start.

The other workshops and ateliers

The Comune di Ravenna's places of mosaic

Historic shops of Rimini

Since 2009 the Comune di Rimini has kept the Albo delle botteghe storiche, the register of historic shops: it takes those who have worked for at least fifty years in the same premises, with the furnishings tied to their trade. Here are its 65 shops and craft workshops, from the hat shop to the hardware store, from the bakery to the jeweller; the historic trattorias, restaurants and bars (41) are on the Comune's list.

  • Farmacia San Michele (ex Farmacia dell'Ospedale)Rimini · Via Circonvallazione Occidentale 120/g · no. 1 in the register, since 2010Shop

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  • Elettroforniture LucchiRimini · Via Giordano Bruno 33 · no. 7 in the register, since 2019Shop

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  • CappelliRimini · Via Emilia 119 · no. 9 in the register, since 2019Shop

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  • Galassi ConfezioniRimini · Piazza Tre Martiri 20 · no. 10 in the register, since 2019Shop

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  • Casalinghi BalducciRimini · Via Aurelio Saffi 41 · no. 11 in the register, since 2019Shop

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  • Gioielleria BurnazziRimini · Corso d'Augusto 109 · no. 12 in the register, since 2019Shop

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  • Cappelleria VitaliRimini · Via Aurelio Bertola 5 · no. 16 in the register, since 2019Shop

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  • LombardiRimini · Corso d'Augusto 94 · no. 17 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • In BiciRimini · Via Aurelio Bertola 29 · no. 19 in the register, since 2020Craft workshop

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  • Emporio BrigliadoriRimini · Via Gambalunga 50 · no. 21 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Ottica Da FornoRimini · Via Gambalunga 32 · no. 22 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Cristallo D'ArgentoRimini · Via Castelfidardo 6 · no. 23 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Tabaccheria RomaniRimini · Via Popilia 5 · no. 25 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Gelateria Nuovo FioreRimini · Viale Regina Elena 67 · no. 26 in the register, since 2020Craft workshop

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  • Merceria CheriRimini · Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 43 · no. 29 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Farmacia CantelliRimini · Piazza Tre Martiri 11 · no. 31 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Tabaccheria De' BorgRimini · Viale Tiberio 15 · no. 32 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Tipografia CommercialeRimini · Via Circonvallazione Meridionale 65 · no. 34 in the register, since 2020Craft workshop

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  • Frutta e verdura Da PirilloRimini · Piazza Mazzini 11 · no. 36 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Arredi Sacri SempriniRimini · Via Leon Battista Alberti 3/A · no. 39 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Merceria Pandolfini AdrianaRimini · Miramare, viale Oliveti 79 · no. 40 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Gioielleria UrbinatiRimini · Via Sigismondo 16 · no. 41 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • EMP di Muratori Dario e C.Rimini · Via Dario Campana 93/b · no. 42 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Panificio FelliniRimini · Corso d'Augusto 215 · no. 47 in the register, since 2020Shop

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  • Panificio CupioliRimini · Via Michele Rosa 25-27 · no. 55 in the register, since 2021Craft workshop

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  • Ferramenta Da RiccardoRimini · Torre Pedrera, viale Brava 15/a · no. 56 in the register, since 2021Shop

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  • Lavanderia MaddalenaRimini · Via Praga 22/b · no. 59 in the register, since 2021Craft workshop

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  • Turroni MarcoRimini · Torre Pedrera, viale San Salvador 75 · no. 61 in the register, since 2021Shop

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  • Bar Latteria di Gessaroli BrunoRimini · Via Eugenio Curiel 36/b · no. 65 in the register, since 2022Shop

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  • Ricami di FirenzeRimini · Viale Regina Margherita 221 · no. 66 in the register, since 2022Shop

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  • Tabaccheria BiaginiRimini · Viale San Salvador 36/C-D · no. 67 in the register, since 2022Shop

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  • Ferramenta DardariRimini · Via Garibaldi 111 · no. 68 in the register, since 2022Shop

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  • Lazzarini e MorettiRimini · Via Madonna della Scala 49/a · no. 69 in the register, since 2022Craft workshop

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  • Moretti Mario di Moretti MassimoRimini · Via al Torrente 6/c · no. 70 in the register, since 2022Craft workshop

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  • Acconciatore Hair Studio WalterRimini · Viale Porto Palos 76 · no. 71 in the register, since 2022Craft workshop

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  • Intimo GiuliaRimini · Via Garibaldi 124 · no. 72 in the register, since 2023Shop

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  • SoleLunaRimini · Viale Regina Elena 139 · no. 75 in the register, since 2023Craft workshop

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  • Le Cornici di Piazza MazziniRimini · Piazza Mazzini 1 · no. 76 in the register, since 2023Craft workshop

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  • Tabaccheria GambalungaRimini · Via Alessandro Gambalunga 26/B · no. 77 in the register, since 2023Shop

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  • F.lli PelliccioniRimini · Via Ticino 7 · no. 78 in the register, since 2023Craft workshop

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  • Boutique LappiRimini · Viale San Salvador 128 · no. 79 in the register, since 2023Shop

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  • Tabaccheria n. 3Rimini · Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 104 · no. 80 in the register, since 2023Shop

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  • Cicli Semprini RiminiRimini · Via Aurelio Saffi 34 · no. 81 in the register, since 2023Shop

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  • Tabaccheria CavourRimini · Piazza Cavour 19 · no. 82 in the register, since 2023Shop

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  • Il Forno della Vecchia PescheriaRimini · Piazzetta San Gregorio da Rimini 5 · no. 83 in the register, since 2023Craft workshop

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  • Oleificio CorazzaRimini · Via Barattona 36 · no. 85 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Cupioli Arte e Design - Cupioli Luxury LivingRimini · Strada Statale San Marino 50 · no. 86 in the register, since 2024Craft workshop

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  • Pari CucineRimini · Via Crimea 3 · no. 87 in the register, since 2024Craft workshop

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  • Il ColonialeRimini · Via Tempio Malatestiano 49 · no. 88 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Rossi CalzatureRimini · Via IV Novembre 26 · no. 89 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Tabaccheria MontanariRimini · Viale Giovanni Pascoli 182 · no. 90 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • FotoSociRimini · Via Cairoli 10 · no. 94 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Panificio SantoliniRimini · Miramare, viale Guglielmo Marconi 85 · no. 95 in the register, since 2024Craft workshop

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  • Arredamenti FilipucciRimini · Via Maurizio Brighenti 15 · no. 96 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Ferramenta AdriaticaRimini · Viale Antonio Locatelli 10 · no. 98 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Ai Sapori Felici 1971Rimini · Via Castelfidardo 50 - 52 - 56 · no. 99 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • BenvenutiRimini · Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 12 · no. 100 in the register, since 2024Shop

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  • Barbiere NovelloRimini · Piazza Cavour, 3 · no. 103 in the register, since 2024Craft workshop

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  • Lavanderia BaByRimini · Via Ennio Coletti 28 A/B · no. 104 in the register, since 2024Craft workshop

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  • Panificio Grazi SRLSRimini · Via Circonvallazione Occidentale 116 · no. 105 in the register, since 2025Craft workshop

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  • MG Mancini GuidoRimini · Via Marecchiese 305 · no. 106 in the register, since 2025Craft workshop

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  • Gioielleria Sergio TamburiniRimini · Via Mentana 17/A · no. 107 in the register, since 2026Craft workshop

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  • Erboristeria StagnozziRimini · Via Circonvallazione Occidentale 106 · no. 108 in the register, since 2026Shop

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  • Ruggiero CorniciRimini · Piazzetta San Bernardino 5 · no. 109 in the register, since 2026Craft workshop

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  • Acconciature Rosy e SilviaRimini · Via Marecchiese 549 · no. 110 in the register, since 2026Craft workshop

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The Comune di Rimini's full list

Historic shops of Bologna

Under its porticoes and in the streets of the Quadrilatero, the medieval market behind piazza Maggiore, Bologna keeps shops open for fifty, a hundred years and more, with their period signs and furnishings: hat shops, cutlers, Art Nouveau pharmacies, delicatessens, goldsmiths and shoemakers who work to measure. Here are the 71 historic and craft shops of Bologna Welcome, the official tourism site of the city.

  • The jeweller's Art Nouveau shop window, in via RizzoliPhoto: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The jeweller's Art Nouveau shop window, in via Rizzoli

    Natale Fontana

    Bologna · Via Rizzoli 1/2ab

    At the start of via Rizzoli, in Palazzo Ronzani, one of the few Art Nouveau and Art Deco shops of Bologna: the glass, furniture and chandeliers are those of the Profumeria Goselli, designed in 1914 by the architect Paolo Sironi and kept whole. Today it is the jewellery shop of the Fontana family, goldsmiths for generations.

    Shop

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  • The ham counter of the delicatessenPhoto: Nicola Quirico, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The ham counter of the delicatessen

    Tamburini

    Bologna · Via Caprarie 1/a

    On the corner of via Caprarie and via Drapperie, in the heart of the Quadrilatero: the delicatessen the Tamburini family has run since 1932, in a shop already open in 1860. Cured meats, tortellini and Bolognese specialities, with a corner to taste them. On the corner is the plaque to Padre Marella, who collected alms for the poor here.

    Shop

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  • Palazzo Alberani with the pharmacy, on the corner of via Farini and via CastiglionePhoto: Urban38, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Palazzo Alberani with the pharmacy, on the corner of via Farini and via Castiglione

    Farmacia Alberani

    Bologna · Via Farini 19

    For more than a century on the corner of via Farini and via Castiglione: signs in gold-painted glass, the royal awards of the Alberani pharmaceutical works, and windows and furnishings from the early 1900s with a decorated counter and large chandeliers.

    Shop

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  • The Torre degli Scappi, home of the shopPhoto: Ico-Neko, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The Torre degli Scappi, home of the shop

    La Coroncina

    Bologna · Via Indipendenza 3

    In the 14th-century Torre degli Scappi, on the corner called Canton dei Fiori: the Capuchin friars founded it in 1694 to sell devotional objects, hence the name ("the little rosary"). The Sancini family, who have run it since the early 1900s, kept the original windows and furnishings.

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  • The portico of via Galliera, the hat shop's street, photographed by Paolo Monti in 1969Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

    The portico of via Galliera, the hat shop's street, photographed by Paolo Monti in 1969

    Antica Cappelleria Malaguti

    Bologna · Via Galliera 32

    One of the oldest hat shops in Bologna, in via Galliera: Girolamo Colombarini founded it in 1870, turning rabbit fur into felt for hats. Today Marzia carries on the family tradition: she sells, makes and repairs hats and caps, military ones too.

    Craft workshop

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  • Via Drapperie, the shop's street, in the Quadrilatero marketPhoto: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

    Via Drapperie, the shop's street, in the Quadrilatero market

    Antica Aguzzeria del Cavallo

    Bologna · Via Drapperie 12/b

    Opened in 1783 by Antonio Bernagozzi to sharpen and sell blades: they were sharpened in the courtyard behind, on a grindstone turned by a horse, hence the name. Today scissors of every kind, kitchen, fishing and hunting knives and household goods, in the market street.

    Shop

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The historic shops on Bologna Welcome

Tips for visiting the workshops

  • Look for the oval plaque

    In Faenza the ceramic workshops have an oval ceramic plaque by the entrance: follow it and you will see the ceramists at the wheel and the brush.

  • They are workshops

    Many workshops are where the craftsperson works, not a shop with fixed hours: before you go, check the website or ask for an appointment.

  • Ask for a route

    The Faenza tourist office will plan a workshop tour for you, including those where you can try working the clay; in Ravenna start from the office in piazza San Francesco.

  • A real piece

    Buying in the workshop means taking home something handmade and keeping a trade alive: ask who made it and how, craftspeople are happy to tell you.

Workshops, addresses and facts read on 18 October 2026 on the official lists: Comune di Faenza (Faenza Ceramics), Associazione Stampatori Tele Romagnole, Riviera di Rimini, Comune di Ravenna (Ravenna Città del Mosaico), the Comune di Rimini's register of historic shops, Bologna Welcome. Every workshop links its official page. Markets · Food & wine

From workshop to workshop, without a car

From Faenza to Santarcangelo, from Ravenna to Gambettola: Romagna Transfer drives you between the workshops and back to your hotel with your hands full.

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