Italian Collector's 50-Year Obsession with Stones from Adige River
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Summary
Luigi Lineri, an Italian collector, has spent over 50 years gathering and categorizing stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy. He meticulously cleans and sorts the stones into shapes resembling faces, animals, and letters, adorning his home with thousands of them.
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· 3 pulledLuigi Lineri, the Italian collector who has been gathering and categorizing stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy for over 50 years.
Adorning three full large rooms, the thousands of river stones are sorted into shapes that resemble faces, animals, letters, and more.
It’s a quirky and imaginative hobby or obsession, depending on how you look at it.
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