{"id":15569,"date":"2017-03-28T10:57:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T08:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=15569"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:49:02","slug":"burgio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/burgio\/","title":{"rendered":"Burgio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The procedure in use is still faithful to tradition and it is the only bell foundry in southern Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muceb.it\/\">Museum of Ceramics<\/a>, which offers us the opportunity to admire the work carried out by local and regional craftsmen, who, over the centuries, have taken turns making the production of local majolica increasingly prestigious and admired. 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