TA Trip Overview
Visiting Grottaglie and living this experience will make you take a trip back in time, where you can be part of the history of this town, rich for its clay soil and that for centuries has developed a complete district of expert potters, where they have used the formations rocky mountains to create their workshops and ovens and today, the ceramics that are made there are appreciated throughout the world. You will have the opportunity to engrave your own pottery (the so-called trombas, “trumpets”) and take it with you as a souvenir of this fantastic experience.
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Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Starts: TA, Italy
Trip Category: Classes & Workshops >> Pottery Classes
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Visiting Grottaglie and living this experience will make you take a trip back in time, where you can be part of the history of this town, rich for its clay soil and that for centuries has developed a complete district of expert potters, where they have used the formations rocky mountains to create their workshops and ovens and today, the ceramics that are made there are appreciated throughout the world. You will have the opportunity to engrave your own pottery (the so-called trombas, “trumpets”) and take it with you as a souvenir of this fantastic experience.
Itinerary
The experience begins with a visit to the historic center of Grottaglie, where the tour guide will tell us a little about the history and legends of this city, one of the most important cities in Puglia for the production of ceramics and where we can admire a presebe of the year. 1530. Then we will go to a pottery workshop for our pottery laboratory, where each participant can engrave their own trumpet and try the experience on the wheel, while the master craftsman entertains us with stories and traditions of this ancient art.
