LA NOSTRA STORIA
Sella & Saggia è un marchio lifestyle che trae ispirazione dalla tradizione equestre, dalle fibre naturali e da un design sobrio. Radicato nell'esperienza piuttosto che nelle tendenze, riflette uno stile di vita guidato da artigianalità, autenticità ed eleganza.
Sella & Saggia non è nata come marchio di moda, ma come naturale prosecuzione di una vita dedicata ai cavalli, ai tessuti e alla ricerca di una qualità duratura.
Questa duplice passione – i cavalli e i tessuti – definisce lo spirito di Sella & Saggia. Lavorando con partner fidati in Perù e in Europa, il marchio crea pezzi che affondano le radici nell'artigianalità, nei materiali naturali e nel design senza tempo.
Il marchio è stato creato da Eduard van Brunschot, un ingegnere tessile olandese con una lunga carriera nell'industria tessile e della moda europea e fondatore di Perol Chico, azienda nata nel 1996 nella Valle Sacra del Perù, un ranch noto per i suoi cavalli Paso peruviani di razza pura e per le esclusive escursioni a cavallo attraverso le Ande.
L'eleganza cum puritate – eleganza con purezza – rimane il principio guida.
Italy's forgotten heart
Italy’s forgotten heart is the opening story of the collection. It introduces a region that today lies largely outside the familiar routes of international tourism, although this was not always the case.
Long before tourism became an industry, the landscapes south of Rome attracted painters, writers and travellers from across Europe. They came in search of antiquity and the celebrated landscapes of Italy, but many became equally fascinated by the people and places they encountered along the way.
The chapter explores how a region once familiar to travellers gradually faded from view, and provides the historical and cultural context for many of the stories that follow.
Ciociaria: a remarkable cast
Art, literature, music, cinema and intellectual life reveal an extraordinary cast of people connected with Southern Lazio. Some were born here; others carried family roots or associations with the region into very different worlds.
Together, their stories reveal a cultural history far richer — and more widely connected — than these towns and villages might suggest.
From a cave to Montecassino
A young man leaves Rome and retreats to a cave above Subiaco. What begins as a search for solitude becomes a lesson in living with others, leading Benedict to found Montecassino and write a Rule that would travel across Europe.
His legacy survives in more than monasteries. It helped shape the towns, countryside and daily life of Southern Lazio, where the places connected with his journey can still be visited.
La Ferreira
At Rosanisco, below Atina, wine is made inside an ironworks built for the Bourbon kingdom. La Ferriera began with mines, waterpower and an ambitious attempt to bring modern industry to the Valle di Comino.
Its furnace operated for only a few years, but the buildings survived and eventually found an unexpected second life. It is a history shaped by industrial ambition, enterprising families and fine wine—turning La Ferriera into a rare account of enterprise, reinvention and confidence in what this valley could produce.
There is more to explore
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