{"id":3509,"date":"2025-08-27T00:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T22:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grottega.sbs\/?page_id=3509"},"modified":"2025-12-10T09:58:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:58:38","slug":"la-nostra-storia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.grottega.sbs\/en\/la-nostra-storia\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3509\" class=\"elementor elementor-3509\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3990928 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3990928\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-875b471 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"875b471\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d6616 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b3d6616\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d34d31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d34d31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Grottega<\/strong> was born in Laterza, in one of the places where ceramics has always been part of everyday life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story begins with a clear choice: to stay here, among these streets and this landscape, and transform an ancient tradition into a living project, capable of speaking to the present.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3eaa5d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e3eaa5d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd4f05 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"acd4f05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18fdc87 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18fdc87\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1410746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1410746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE shop<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b547b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83b547b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There <strong>shop<\/strong> It opens as a space open to people. Those who enter bring questions, dreams, and sometimes simple curiosities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work takes shape precisely from these encounters: listening, proposing, building together.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first pieces were born this way, from a direct dialogue with those who were looking for an object that conveyed something personal, not just a simple decorative element.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e289ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e289ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-641d721 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"641d721\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4c1ca8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4c1ca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2ebb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a2ebb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time <strong>Grottega grows as a research laboratory for contemporary majolica<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditional shapes are reinterpreted, colors become deeper, gold enters as a measured luminous sign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furnishings, artistic favors, and ceramic jewelry become chapters of the same story: that of a region told through hands, design, and relationships.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b4d39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96b4d39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4ab1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9d4ab1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc6f25 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efc6f25\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56da1d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56da1d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our vision<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bd2c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16bd2c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shop maintains its original character.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It remains a welcoming place where human relationships count as much as technology.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People keep coming in with a request and leaving with a piece that brings back the dialogue from which it was born.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The ceramics<\/strong> it thus becomes an opportunity for meeting, <strong>bridge between those who create and those who choose to bring that object into their lives<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd4eb8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fd4eb8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grottega was born in Laterza, a place where ceramics have always been a part of everyday life.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3509","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chi siamo - Grottega | Pregiate ceramiche di Puglia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grottega nasce dalla passione per la tradizione ceramica pugliese. 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