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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Arata slate quarry is the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Arata slate quarry is the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Arata slate quarry is the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Arata slate quarry is the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Giuseppe Arata (left( and the son Christian (right)  working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry near Orero. Christian Arata working in the Arata slate quarry, the only one of Fontanabuona where the slate is cut and worked inside the quarry.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini,
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate quarry owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini,
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Spacchino, the traditional specialised worker able to cut slate plates less thick than those made by machines.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Spacchino, the traditional specialised worker able to cut slate plates less thick than those made by machines.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Spacchino, the traditional specialised worker able to cut slate plates less thick than those made by machines.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Slate plates cut by machines drived by infrared ligh. The slate need to be wet when worked.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Slate plates cut by machines drived by infrared ligh. The slate need to be wet when worked.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Slate plates cut by machines drived by infrared ligh. The slate need to be wet when worked.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini. Slate plates cut by machines drived by infrared ligh. The slate need to be wet when worked.
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  • Fontanabuona valley. Slate factory owned by Angela and Donatella Mangini.
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  • San Giacomo mount near Cogorno. Here were the oldest slate quarries of Fontanabuona Valley and with no roads the only way to transport the slate plates to the small harbours along the coast were rough trails like this, one of the few survived for centuries. The Lavagnine, the "Slate women" transported plates until 50 kg on the head without shoes with 3-4 travels every day.
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  • Fontanabuona Valley. Cicagna, Under the city hall is still conserved the billiard utilised for the movie The Color of the Money.
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  • Fontanabuona, Cicagna.
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  • Fontanabuona, Cicagna.
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  • Fontanabuona Valley. Orero village is build over a network of quarries.
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  • Fontanabuona Valley. Orero village is build over a network of quarries.
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  • Cogorno. The Fieschi basilica is one of the most important medieval monuments in Eastern Liguria, erected from 1245 by the Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi).
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  • Cogorno. The Fieschi basilica is one of the most important medieval monuments in Eastern Liguria, erected from 1245 by the Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi).
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  • Cogorno. The Fieschi basilica is one of the most important medieval monuments in Eastern Liguria, erected from 1245 by the Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi).
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  • Cogorno. The Fieschi basilica is one of the most important medieval monuments in Eastern Liguria, erected from 1245 by the Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi).
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  • Cogorno. The Fieschi basilica is one of the most important medieval monuments in Eastern Liguria, erected from 1245 by the Pope Innocent IV (Sinibaldo Fieschi).
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  • Cogorno, the old cemetery.
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