Unimatic supports FAI - Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano   Batteria Militare Talmone, Palau, Sardinia On the northern coast of Sardinia, between the beaches of Palau and Costa Serena, at Punta Don Diego, you come to the Talmone Artillery Battery – an important testament to Italy’s military history and to the hard day-to-day life of the soldiers, who would spend long hours scrutinizing the sea from the watchtower. As a modern-day visitor, you get to explore the dormitories and the tracking station, and you even get a sense of the interminable solitude that was part-and-parcel of the experience of being stationed there. Talmone is a section of a defensive system that emerged in the late 18th century and was constituted, at its height, by around 50 facilities, including forts, redoubts and artillery batteries scattered across the Maddalena archipelago. The complex once again played an important role in defending the frontiers in the wake of Italian Unification, when the royal fleet decided to take up residence at the historic Maddalena base. Out of all the fortifications, the Talmone facility was charged with the responsibility of covering the channel separating Spargi from Sardinia; this tract of sea would later become a scene of battle throughout the Second World War. In 1947, the Treaty of Paris required Italy to dismantle the base and take all of the artillery batteries out of commission. Decades of neglect came and went, until 2002, when the complex was entrusted on a loan-for-use basis to FAI, which – thanks to a painstaking, laborious restoration process that is still ongoing – ensured its opening to the public with the support of Palau Local Council. fondoambiente faitalmone Photo credits: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 - © FAI 2, 5 - Pierluigi Dessì © FAI 9 - Salvatore Porcu © FAI #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #fai #fondoambienteitaliano #madeinitaly #discoveritaly

#unimatic x #lorenzi out now! . Discover Modello Due in collaboration with the historical cutlery boutique Lorenzi, our first ever reference in titanium. . ref. U2S-T-L in 99 pcs_Link in bio . . #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #coltellerialorenzi #milano #madeinitaly

Unimatic supports FAI - Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano   The Kolymbethra Garden, Agrigento, Sicily Located in Agrigento, Kolymbethra Garden is a shaded corner of paradise, where centuries-old olive trees prosper and where the citrus fruits flood the Valley of the Temples with their fragrances. An embodiment of the promised land and an exceptional garden, where nature is fused with history, this little valley is a significant part of Akragas, the city founded by the Greeks in the 6th century B.C. Diodorus Siculus describes how, in 480 B.C., to supply the city with water, the tyrant Therone commissioned the planning of a network of tunnels that came to an end at the foot of the urbe in a large basin called Kolymbethra, meaning “with a perimeter of seven stadia”, which was soon converted into a fish farm and frequented by swans and birds. Crucially, the project transformed a piece of the arid Sicilian countryside into a blossoming garden of Mediterranean foliage. In later centuries, this bona fide “garden of delights” came to be owned by the Church, which introduced citrus trees. Its golden age came in the 19th century, when it became a must-see stop-off on the Grand Tour. In the final decades of the 20th century, due to the disappearance of the old farmworkers, Kolymbethra fell into rack and ruin, until it was rescued by FAI, which reinstated its former splendor. The garden is now a worthy adjunct to a visit to the evocative Archaeology Park nearby, and a thrill for the five senses: from the orange blossom’s aroma to the almonds’ flavour, from the silvery tint of the olive trees to the moisture of the soil, all accompanied by the delicate sound of water constantly flowing in the background. No visit is complete without a trip along the new routes to the hypogea (underground chambers), which are of great interest in terms of archaeology, speleology and the natural environment. fondoambiente giardinodellakolymbethra Photo credits: 1, 3, 6 - Vincenzo Cammarata © FAI 3, 4 - © FAI 5 - Antonietta Abissi © FAI #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #fai #fondoambienteitaliano #madeinitaly #discoveritaly

#unimatic x #baitme Modello Quattro ‘Inquisitive Explorer’ out now! . ref. U4-BTY Lemon Yellow in 50 pcs & U4-BTS Polar White in 100 pcs_Available in-store bait.seattle, shipping within the US only >> Link in bio to access the raffle . . #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #lemonyellow #polarwhite  #madeinitaly

Unimatic supports FAI - Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano   Casa Noha, Matera A stone’s throw from the cathedral, in the upper part of the Sasso Caveoso — one of the natural depressions that are a feature of the Materan landscape — Casa Noha serves as the visitor’s “gateway” to the city, charting its history thanks to an innovative communication project. With its tufa walls, vaulted ceilings, delicate carvings and cornices, the building is a prime example of the residential architecture of the Sassi. An external staircase leads from the airy courtyard to the five internal spaces, which at one time belonged to the noble Noha family. At the behest of those who inherited the property, and out of their love for this part of Italy and their desire to share its history and beauty with the wider community, the house was donated to FAI in 2004. In line with this laudable aspiration, FAI carried out a painstaking conservation operation and designed a cutting-edge multimedia journey that describes the area from an array of different perspectives, encompassing everything from architecture and history of art to archaeology and the history of cinema. The video — entitled “The invisible Sassi. An extraordinary journey through the history of Matera” — conceived by Giovanni Carrada and projected onto the walls, ceilings and floors of the rooms, offers the visitors a complete reconstruction of the history of the city from its origins to the present day. fondoambiente faicasanoha Photo credits: 1, 3 - Francesco Arena © FAI 2, 4 - © FAI #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #fai #fondoambienteitaliano #madeinitaly #discoveritaly

Over the past years, we’ve refined the design codes of our treasured limited edition models to arrive at a permanent series of timeless pieces that exemplify the true Unimatic aesthetic and experience. By stripping down the designs to their purest form, we retained the skeleton of the primary watch families to result in four, Unimatic archetype watches — Modello Uno Classic, Modello Due Classic, Modello Tre Classic and Modello Quattro Classic. . ref. UC1, UC2, UC3 and UC4_Link in bio . . #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #classic #series  #madeinitaly #timeless #icons

Unimatic supports FAI - Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano   Abbazia di Santa Maria di Cerrate, Lecce Shrouded in mystery and immersed in the olive groves that cover the area outside the city of Lecce, the origins of the abbey complex can be traced back to Tancred, King of Sicily who, legend has it, was visited here by an apparition of the Virgin Mary. In more concrete terms, the story of Cerrate began under the Norman prince Bohemond I of Antioch who, some time between the 11th and 12th centuries, founded a monastery there of Basilian monks of the Greek Orthodox rite, who turned it into one of the most important hubs for the propagation of culture in southern Italy, thanks to its library and flourishing scriptorium, where the monks would transcribe ancient texts. Over subsequent centuries, the abbey grew in size and prestige, complementing its religious role with farming, but in 1711 an attack by Turkish pirates resulted in it falling into a state of complete abandonment, interrupted only in 1965 by an initial restoration commissioned by the Province of Lecce, which in 2012 entrusted to FAI a new salvage operation geared towards opening the property to the public. Today, the restoration is ongoing, but this situation does not prevent visits to what is a wonderful example of Apulian Romanesque, embellished with Byzantine 13th-century frescoes and flanked by an elegant 16th-century well and a 13th-century loggia with beautiful capitals sculpted in white Leccese stone – a true masterpiece of Romanesque sculpture. The agricultural vocation of the site, given over to the processing of olives, wheat and tobacco, emerges from the workplaces and from the farmhouse, the stables and the underground mills with their grindstones, presses and tanks. These are all pieces of a complex mosaic to be restored and reconstructed, but already capable of recounting a chapter of the Salento’s history. fondoambiente abbaziadicerrate Photo credits: 1 - Giuseppe Moretti © FAI 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - © FAI #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #fai #fondoambienteitaliano #madeinitaly #discoveritaly

#unimatic x #mrporter exclusive summer capsule out now! . ref. U1S-MN with three unique colourway TPU straps in 35 pcs each_Link in bio . . #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #madeinitaly #swissmovement #summer #capsule

Unimatic supports FAI - Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano   Abbazia di San Fruttuoso, Camogli, Genoa Only 5 kilometers far from Portofino and 40 kilometers from Genoa, the San Fruttuoso abbey is a corner of paradise you can reach only by boat from Camogli or Rapallo and by foot. Benedictine monastery in the 10th century, from the 13th century the Abbey’s fate became intertwined with that of the Doria family, who renovated its design, adding the loggia and transferring here the family burial ground. The Abbey and the fishing village around it stand as a true oasis in a unique scenario, amid the earth and the woodlands of Mount Portofino and the blue sea of eastern Liguria. fondoambiente Photo credits: 1, 5, 7, 9 - © FAI 2, 4, 6, 8 - Stefano Galuzzi 3 - Marco Ligabue e Matteo Girola © FAI #unimaticwatches #uniqueedition #watches #fai #fondoambienteitaliano #madeinitaly #discoveritaly