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5/21/2019
Italian National Railway Museum, Pietrarsa (Italy)
Overlooking the gulf of Naples, the museum contains a unique collection of historical railway carriages and locomotives.

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5/17/2019
Bisagno Stream in Genova (Italy)
Making the stream safe by widening the section of its bed and preventing corrosion of the reinforcement rods.

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2/18/2019
Camerino Cathedral rises up from the rubble thanks to FRP structural strengthening systems by Mapei
After being severely damaged by the earthquake that hit Central Italy two years ago, this cathedral underwent seismic upgrading work.

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10/17/2018
A dream residential villa in Northern Italy
For the Mapei technicians and engineers, it is vitally important they work alongside designers and provide their support during both the initial delicate phase of drawing up the building specifications, and then again when work is being carried out…

The expert's opinion
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7/23/2018
Paints & varnishes - Dispelling the myths
Paints and varnishes, just like many other chemical products in general, are often the subject of alarmist messages claiming they are the cause of environmental pollution and illnesses, leading us to fear for our own health and safety and of those…

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6/11/2018
Palazzo Tomasi di Lampedusa
The current Lampedusa Courtyard was built in 1538 and two of the most important palazzos of the Palermo aristocracy from the sixteenth century were immediately built opposite each other: the palazzo of the Counts of Raccuia, now known as Palazzo…

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4/3/2018
Di Leo biscuit production unit in Matera
The story of the Di Leo biscuit manufacturing facility started more than 150 years ago, in 1860, when the Di Leo bakery was founded in Altamura (Southern Italy), with the intention to just bake bread made by the local families. In the 1930’s they…

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11/13/2017
The El Poris Lighthouse
In the Canary Islands, a lighthouse has been standing for over 30 years on the south-east coast of Tenerife, guiding ships and sailors. The lighthouse now needed to be restored and repainted after the long exposion to bad weather. Mapei products…

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11/7/2017
The Bayer Tower on the outskirts of Milan
The Bayer company works, commissioned in 1946 and located on the outskirts of Milan, represents a facility of excellence. In 2016 the emergency water tower needed to be renovated. Mapei Technical Assistance Services co-operated to help carry out the…

News
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9/13/2017
News from the Guggenheim
Philip Rylands has left the role of Director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection of Venice. The new director will be Karole P.B. Vail, member of the Guggenheim curatorial staff since 1997 and the nephew of Peggy Guggenheim. Mapei recalls its enduring…

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10/30/2017
Naples Afragola Station
Naples Afragola Railway Station was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and was put by CNN news network on the list of highly anticipated works of 2017. Mapei helped construct it by supplying its products.

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9/4/2017
Museum of the Innocenti in Florence
The renovation and redevelopment work on the rooms in the Museum proved to be a technically complex undertaking, as well as delicate, on a Renaissance period building within a time frame that had to be maintained in order to be ready for the…