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Naples, Italy: the Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri

This is a look back at a post written at the end of May, 2016. It’s about a small museum in Naples, Italy whose founder sought to save the skills and treasures of craftsmen before they were buried by the Industrial Revolution. There is care and pride in every detail.

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The Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri in Naples, Italy The Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri in Naples, Italy

The best treasure comes in chests, compact and crowded, that brim with what’s been most precious … and there should always be scars.

The Museo Filangieri is a chest like this.

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To the sassi of Matera – a hard place made of rock

Statue in the square that overlooks the old cave houses in Matera, In Basilicata in Italy

Statue in the square that overlooks the old cave houses in Matera, in Basilicata in Italy

Our three days of travel are almost up.  We have one day left and one last place to see.

We leave the coast near Puglia and, with global positioning satellite technology as our guide, travel alien-style towards some of the oldest homes on earth – the cave dwellings (sassi) of Matera.

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Naples, Italy – let’s take a look at love

Love in Chiaia - Naples, Italy

Love in Chiaia – Naples, Italy

Love – the elusive glue that helps us stay together in ways we still don’t understand.  It’s something that most of us come across at some point in our lives if we’re lucky … unless we come to Naples, Italy, and then it’s everywhere.

How so?

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