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Fresco

Fresco

Fresco, in Maremma, is the art of painting directly onto fresh lime plaster. The dampness of the wall absorbs the pigments, fixing them for centuries. You'll see this in churches, palaces, sometimes even in humbler dwellings. It's not just decoration, it's a technique that tells the local history, the beliefs, the faces of the era. When you observe a fresco here, you're not just looking at an image, you're touching an artistic tradition and craftsmanship that has spanned the ages, often with touching simplicity. It's a window onto the past, unadorned.

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