From:
"Walter S. Arnold" <walter@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:14:31 -0600
Subject:
Introducing myself: Giampaolo Vitali
At 03:47 PM 2/10/2006, Clive Murray-White wrote:
Quoted text begins.I even began to worry that the little town was becoming so attractive for
people to stay in that some people may start putting pressure on the stone
workers to move away from the centre of the town.
End of quote.
Absolutely, that is going on... There are only a few shops left in
the historic center (inside the old town walls); those are
grandfathered in, but there's pressure to move out. There's talk of
setting up an industrial zone along the via Aurelia, but I'm assuming
it will be new and without character. Everything else is scattered
around the periphery, or moving further (Querceta, Serravezza, etc.).
I much prefer the way Volterra handled it. That's a center for
alabaster, the town really promotes the alabaster work; most of the
workshops have moved out of the residential historic center, but they
maintain showrooms with small workshops attached. That way visitors
to the town can visit those shops, see the work, chat with the
artisans, and learn about the material, the craft, the tradition.
Walter S. Arnold * walter@---------------
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