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    Maiolica /maɪˈɒlɪkə/ is tin-glazed pottery decorated in colours on a white background. The most renowned Italian maiolica is from the Renaissance period...
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    today by local artists. Castelli maiolica was a favorite dinnerware of Russian Tsars. One of the most valued collections of Castelli ceramics is now housed...
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    (16 July 1678 - 11 July 1763) was an Italian painter and potter of maiolica in Castelli, Abruzzo. He trained with Carlo Antonio Grue, the son of Francesco...
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    Paul Church holds a Scala Sancta. Castelli is a village 25 miles away (40 km) from Teramo. It is known for its maiolicas. In the past local artisans produced...
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    Mura e castelli di Napoli, Pubblicomit, 1999 Napoli e i suoi castelli tra storia e leggende, Del Delfino, 1989 Napoli aragonese tra castelli, vicoli...
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    by white and black. This room contains an exhibition of typical Abruzzo maiolica, explaining the production and the most famous manufacturers in Abruzzo...
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    People of Abruzzo. Biographical dictionary, edited by Enrico Di Carlo, vol. I, pp. 71–74, Castelli, Teramo, Andromeda Publishing, 2006, 10 volumes, the Analytical...
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    Joannes van den Hecke An eighteenth-century maiolica of a bear-hunt by Candeloro Cappelletti (1689–1772) of Castelli, Abruzzo Hunting the Wolf by Jean-Baptiste...
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    was an Italian potter and painter. Grue was born in Castelli, Abruzzo, into a family of maiolica potters and painters. His grandfather was Francesco Grue...
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    Heritage Centre. Retrieved 24 June 2018. "Castel del Monte, Castelli della Puglia, provincia di Barletta Andria Trani, pag. 1". mondimedievali.net (in Italian)...
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