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The birthplace of master craftsmen like Stradivarius continues the tradition of producing one-of-a-kind musical instruments today.

Cremona is a medieval jewel of a town in northern Italy famed for its violin-making. The great masters Andrea Amati (who actually invented the modern violin), the Guarneri family and Antonio Stradivari (a.k.a. Stradivarius) were all born and learned their trade in Cremona. Today, their descendants are still hand-crafting string instruments with the same passion and the same methods.

To this day at Cremona's international school of violin-making, housed in a ...

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