One of the greatest wonders of Italy is their gold work, a perfect fusion of their millenary Italian tradition and modernity, combining the love for beauty, the craft experience, and the ancient wisdom, which have made Italy one of the main world exponents in the production of jewelery and gold work.
The luxury market has flourished more and more in Italy, gaining an international reputation, and that is represented by the so-called “distretti”, or more literally, the districts or most important areas of gold production, especially by the de Valenza, one of the most well-known and important areas in the jewelery sector, not only nationally, but also internationally.
Valenza, a district located very close to the big cities of northern Italy such as Genoa, Milan or Turin, is made up of eight neighboring municipalities in which jewelery and goldsmith’s articles of the highest quality and range are produced and sold. It is so important that it was included among the sites of particular interest at the Milano Expo, and in 2015 it opened its Museo del Gioiello or Museum of Jewelry, which has received thousands of interested and curious visitors since its opening.
It is a very small town, however, this does not stop it from having the highest density of gold work in Italy and the largest number of jewelery artisans and goldsmiths, being able to combine the important tradition of high craftsmanship together with a great ability to innovate the technique, style and material.
Thanks to the high level of design of the pieces, its incredible productive framework and international market, as well as the training centers that have maintained the strong tradition of living goldsmiths, Valenza has become a luxury destination.
One of the most widespread professions in Italy, and it could be no different, is the goldsmith, setting its deep local roots and counting on regional specialization, since the companies usually belong to a family and produce works tailored to their customers. However, a large amount of their gold work is also exported, usually to Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
The “Arezzo Gold” is celebrated every year in Italy. It is an important fair that brings together a large number of specialists from the goldsmith sector from all over the world. It is important to mention the Neapolitan goldsmith district, which makes Valenza a strong competitor, with more than 2000 years old and an unbreakable tradition.
Many more markets and events are held in Italy to celebrate the centuries-old goldsmith tradition of the country, which has become a benchmark of high jewelry, with one of the most important collections of high-end jewelery that any count or duchess would be happy to admire, praising Valenza around the world with its admirable gold work of the best quality.
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