Every day we open the doors of our workshop to customers, occasional visitors, and organized groups to explain how we produce our ceramics using traditional methods.

In the shop you can admire the variety of finely hand-decorated ceramics: from large ornamental plates to traditional vases, up to small everyday objects and timeless souvenirs.

Ask us to visit the workshop, where you will have the privilege of observing the decoration live and discovering all the secrets of making majolica!

Useful information

Where we are

You can find us at Via Sant’Ippolito 23/A, a short walk from Faenza’s historic center and the International Ceramics Museum (MIC).

Opening time

We are open to the public Monday through Saturday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm. Admission is always free for all visitors. Reservations are not required for small groups, individuals, or families.

For organized groups

Reservations are required for groups (to better organize our tours!) We offer tours in Italian and English. The recommended duration is about 40 minutes, but we are flexible enough to accommodate your group’s schedule and needs. For organized groups, visits outside of regular hours, including Sundays, can be arranged (by reservation).

To arrange a group visit, please contact us at 0546 26907 or 0546 26357, or email us at info@lavecchiafaenza.it.

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Sunday, December 7, 14, and 21, and Monday, December 8, from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 18:00.

Our usual hours remain unchanged: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and from 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

We look forward to seeing you in our artistic ceramics workshop in the heart of Faenza, and on our online shop www.ceramicafaenza.it!

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We thank the Emilia-Romagna Region for choosing our story for the volume Quel che conta – Dieci ritratti a un anno dall’alluvione in Emilia-Romagna (What matters – Ten portraits one year after the flood in Emilia-Romagna). Our testimony is accompanied by the beautiful shots of the Cesena photographer Marco Onofri.

The book will soon be available in libraries in Emilia Romagna and can already be consulted online:

• our story
• the book in pdf

A video was also created to present the volume, with an excerpt for each testimony.
Enjoy your vision!

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The “Laura Silvagni” workshop opened at Corso Garibaldi 12/A in 1985, but Laura’s workshop pottery business had started in 1977, after a few years as a decorator… right in La Vecchia Faenza!

I was not even 20 years old when I started working at La Vecchia Faenza: It was here that I trained as a ceramist, gaining the awareness that led me to open my own workshop. From ’77 to the present I have had several locations, from Via Della Valle to the last one, in Corso Garibaldi, in which I have carried on the traditional decoration of Faenza ceramics with great commitment and passion. Today re-entering La Vecchia Faenza on a permanent basis is a definitive homecoming for me, the closing of the circle opened in 1967 that nothing detracts from my being a ceramist, but it simplifies the management of a business that these days needs to be more streamlined -“smart” they would say today- and devoted to new channels: once there were fairs and events, today there are web and apps.

Laura Silvagni

Laura entered the “new digital world” early with her characteristic curiosity and passion, opening the website in 2009 and e-commerce in 2011, among the first potters to do so. She has always seen in digital an opportunity, a way for Faenza ceramics to be seen and known in Italy and around the world. And it is with this desire that from January 1, 2024, she will continue her work as a ceramist in the spaces of La Vecchia Faenza.

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Years have passed since then – as many as 56! – and Gino never thought he would have to face so many calamities that affected his work (Gulf War, financial crises, pandemics, etc.), among the latest the war in Ukraine and even the flood, which as you well know also reached the store.

But here’s Gino, nothing gets him down! Today as then, he proudly pulls the still-warm pottery from the kiln.

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Brushes in hand, let’s pick up where we left off. With some difficulty, because as the work progresses we realize that some things are still missing, but the satisfaction of seeing the first pieces cooked is great!

It seems significant to us that the first decorated ceramics are house numbers, which we have been producing for over 50 years! A simple, but concrete and indispensable piece, almost a symbol of the restart of the citizens and the city of Faenza.

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In this long, long month, we have cleaned, disassembled, reassembled, moved… an incredible job, which was only possible thanks to the help of all the friends, collaborators, volunteers, whom we can never thank enough!

Our first restart goal is almost completed: to rearrange the exhibition, to have at least a welcoming and colorful place, which will give us the right push to proceed gradually with the restoration of production.

There are still so many things to do, but this first goal gives us courage.

An infinite thank you to everyone from Elisa, Laura and Gino.

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The tremendous flood that hit the whole of Romagna also hit Faenza hard and didn’t spare our shops, where water and mud entered from 2 to 3 meters high.

Since 1967 my family and our employees have been carrying on the ancient tradition of Faenza majolica. Our shops weren’t just our workplaces, we have always considered them a point of reference for the city, for tourists and enthusiasts, for the tradition of Faenza itself.

The laboratory and the two shops in the historic center of Faenza were seriously damaged, all the production equipment and materials were lost. Oggi per ripartire abbiamo bisogno anche del tuo aiuto. Your donation will help us renovate the premises and purchase new equipment and materials to start producing our beloved majolica again.

Donate securely on GoFundMe

https://www.gofundme.com/f/aiuta-la-vecchia-faenza-dopo-lalluvione

A big thank you to those who want to contribute to our rebirth!

Thank you for all the help and support you are giving

We thank all those who are close to us right now and who are helping us in this very complex situation. Without the help of so many friends, relatives and unknown volunteers, we wouldn’t have the strength to imagine, one day not too far away, starting to work again as before.

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Christmas is coming and it is nice to stroll through the streets of the center of Faenza, under the Christmas lights, peeking at the windows set up for a party.

Our stores are also ready to welcome you with many new and original gift ideas. We are waiting for you in via Sant’Ippolito 23 / A and in Corso Garibaldi 12 / A at the usual times and also on Sundays from 10:00 to 12:30 and from 15:00 to 19:00!

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Our ceramics also land on Instagram!

Follow Laura Silvagni on Instagram to enter “behind the scenes” of traditional Faenza ceramics.

Find out where the inspirations are born, look at the ceramics in the different stages of decoration and the most beautiful pieces just out of the oven!

Visit Laura Silvagni’s Instagram profile https://www.instagram.com/laura.silvagni/ and click on “Follow” to not miss a single story.

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