Cremonese
Violinmaking

Traditional Cremonese violin craftsmanship: a piece of UNESCO heritage

Five hundred years of practice, honed expertise, investigation and experimentation, and slow, meticulous movements. Five hundred years of patience. This is what the master luthiers in the workshops of Cremona are still perpetuating today in their daily practice of a craft of the highest artistic value, recognised by UNESCO as part of the heritage of humanity, with traditional Cremonese violin craftsmanship having been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2012.