Collectible Magnets and Puzzle

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Omnia vincit amor (Love wins everything)  Virgil's hemistich which became proverbial already in antiquity to exalt the ineluctable strength of love, which does not give up in the face of any obstacle Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Pecunia non olet (Money does not stink)  This phrase attributed to Vespasian is used to indicate that, whatever its origin, "money is always money", in the sense that the means does not determine the intention  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: -...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Per aspera ad astra (Through difficulties to the stars)  Phrase which usually means that the path to virtue and glory is fraught with difficulties  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Piazza di Spagna   Piazza di Spagna is one of the most famous and visited squares in Rome. In the center stands the Barcaccia Fountain, designed and sculpted in Baroque style by Pietro and Gian Lorenzo Bernini  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: -...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Ponte Vecchio (The Old Bridge)  Ponte Vecchio: one of the most characteristic places in Florence  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar to Catullus, from Seneca to Gaius Titus - the...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Quant'è bella giovinezza ... (How beautiful youth is...)  Phrase taken from the "Song of Bacchus" by Lorenzo de' Medici known as the Magnificent  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: The Creation by Michelangelo  The Creation of Adam is the most famous episode of the cycle of frescoes on the vault of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most celebrated images of universal art. Michelangelo executed the work together with other episodes from the Bible on commission from Pope Julius II. Iconic is the detail...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Roma caput mundi (Rome, capital of the world)  The expression caput mundi was used by the Latin poet Marco Anneo Lucano in his Pharsalia, referring to the city of Rome, it means "capital of the world", and is linked to the great extension reached by the Roman Empire such as to make the Capitoline city the crossroads of...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: S.P.Q.R. Senatus Populusque Romanus  Frequent abbreviation in Latin epigraphs to indicate the Roman people: Senatus Populusque Romanus  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar to...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Si vis amari, ama (If you wish to be loved, love)  Si vis amari, ama (If you wish to be loved, love) is a proverbial expression, derived from a maxim of Hecaton of Rhodes, used by Seneca in the Moral Letters to Lucilius, it highlights the importance of reciprocity in any form of 'Love'  Magnet in real raw Italian...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Spring (Sandro Botticelli)  The wooden puzzle represents Sandro Botticelli's Primavera, an icon of Italian art. Painted around 1480, it was part of a decorative cycle of the Medici Villa of Castello; today it is kept in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It represents an allegory of Spring, to be read from right to left....

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Sticazzi   Expression showing disinterest or amazement  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the story around the world: - the best-known Latin phrases of ancient Rome from Julius Caesar to Catullus, from Seneca to Gaius Titus - the phrases of great poets, writers and...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Talis pater, talis filius (Like father, like son)  Ancient popular sentence (also in the variant qualis pater, talis filius) with which it is intended to affirm both the concept of the heredity of character and the influence that the paternal example has on children: it is repeated above all in relation to qualities not...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: The Creation by Michelangelo  The Creation of Adam is the most famous episode of the cycle of frescoes on the vault of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most celebrated images of universal art. Michelangelo executed the work together with other episodes from the Bible on commission from Pope Julius II. Iconic is the detail...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: the Mona Lisa or Gioconda (Leonardo da Vinci)  The Gioconda, also known as Mona Lisa, was painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1503 and 1506. It is kept in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The panel on which Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa in oil is made of poplar  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Ubi maior minor cessat (Where the greater is, the lesser decays)  Where he who has greater authority is present, [the power of] he who is inferior ceases – Phrase of unknown origin, often cited (with various tones, depending on the circumstances and who pronounces it) to signify the need to respect the hierarchy...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)  Words with which Julius Caesar would have announced the lightning victory achieved over Pharnaces. The phrase, very well known, is cited above all to indicate or announce the rapid and happy success of some undertaking  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with...

Magnet in real raw Italian marble: Verba volant, scripta manent (Spoken words fly away, written words remain)  Ancient proverb, attributed to Gaius Titus, which states the need to have one's rights documented in writing, the importance of testimonies and written documents  Magnet in real raw Italian marble, printed with eco-sustainable inks We take the...

Hand painted and glazed ceramic magnetHand painted ceramic magnets, completely handmade with drawings from Florence and Tuscany.Florence: Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the David with the landscape, the Dome Tuscany with the village, sunflowers, olives, cats, wine with grapes and the church.Measure: 1.97"x1.97" (5 cm x 5 cm)

Hand painted and glazed ceramic magnetHand painted ceramic magnets, completely handmade with drawings from Florence and Tuscany.Florence: Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the David with the landscape, the Dome  San Gimignano: medieval towers  Tuscany with the village, sunflowers, olives, cats, wine with grapes and the church.Measure: 1.97"x1.97"...

Hand painted and glazed ceramic magnetHand painted ceramic magnets, completely handmade with drawings from Florence and Tuscany.Florence: Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the David with the landscape, the Dome  Siena: the Duomo Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta Tuscany with the village, sunflowers, olives, cats, wine with grapes and the...

Hand painted and glazed ceramic magnetHand painted ceramic magnets, completely handmade with drawings from Florence and Tuscany.Florence: Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the David with the landscape, the Dome Tuscany with the village, sunflowers, olives, cats, wine with grapes and the church.Measure: 1.97"x1.97" (5 cm x 5 cm)

Hand painted and glazed ceramic magnetHand painted ceramic magnets, completely handmade with drawings from Florence and Tuscany.Florence: Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the David with the landscape, the Dome Tuscany with the village, sunflowers, olives, cats, wine with grapes and the church.Measure: 1.97"x1.97" (5 cm x 5 cm)

Hand painted and glazed ceramic magnetHand painted ceramic magnets, completely handmade with drawings from Florence and Tuscany.Florence: Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio, Ponte Vecchio, the David with the landscape, the Dome Tuscany with the village, sunflowers, olives, cats, wine with grapes and the church.Measure: 1.97"x1.97" (5 cm x 5 cm)