Faenza is synonymous with ceramics

Faenza in Emilia Romagna has been known for centuries as a city producing ceramics. The beautiful multi-colored dishes and objects are still produced in small laboratories.

In the International Museum of Ceramics, the largest museum of its kind in the world, you can learn everything about production over the centuries up to the position of the ceramics in modern art. The museum houses objects from all over the world, from Asia to Arabia, Europe and America and from the Etruscans to the present day.

Already in the twelfth century the production of ceramics began in Faenza. In the museum, exhibitions and events are continuously organized with the participation of many international artists. Until February 2010 you can admire the work of Riccardo Gatti, for example.

Also for schools and children, paths and days are organized to bring them closer to art.

The city itself is very beautiful, on the two main squares Piazza della Libertà and Piazza del Popolo look out beautiful buildings such as the cathedral of the fifteenth century. Inside, in the chapels, vaults and walls there are beautiful frescoes and statues. The wooden choir behind the high altar dates back to 1513.

Then you can see Palazzo Milzetti, the Museum of the Age of Neoclassical Art. This building was built in the eighteenth century and is a fantastic home with beautiful frescoes and stuccoes. Large living rooms with paintings and antique furniture, absolutely worth seeing.

Finally, the Church of Commenda is a medieval church with a beautiful, large fresco of the fifteenth century.