MIC - International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, UNESCO since 2000

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Faenza is a città d'arte in the province of Ravenna, full of places to see and delicacies to taste. Here we tell you about the art that has made it famous thanks to the skills of its artisans: ceramics. Its MIC - Museo Internazionale della Ceramica (International Museum of Ceramics) is a true excellence recognised worldwide, with exquisite pieces from all over the globe. UNESCO declared it a Monument Witness to a Culture of Peace in 2000. 

A unique museum collecting 60,000 works expressing the noble art of ceramics. MIC, the International Museum of Ceramics, encompasses over 15,000 square metres with a long, articulated and never-trivial itinerary full of fascination. It starts from 4000 B.C. to the present day, passing from the refinement of Renaissance majolica to 20th-century design, with signatures by Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Legér, Dalì, Burri and Fontana.

 

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