Cinque Torri in Winter

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

The Cinque Torri rise in the Ampezzo Dolomites of northeastern Italy, between Passo Falzarego and Passo Giau, about fifteen kilometres southwest of Cortina d'Ampezzo. Administratively the towers sit in the Veneto region, Province of Belluno, within the UNESCO Dolomites World Heritage Site.

Torre Grande, the largest of the cluster, reaches 2,361 metres. The remaining towers (Torre Seconda, Torre Terza, Torre Quarta, and Torre Quinta) range between roughly 2,200 and 2,290 metres. They stand on a rock platform at about 2,250 metres above sea level.

The name is descriptive Italian: five distinct limestone pillars rising together from one platform of rock. Italian-speaking climbers numbered them Grande, Seconda, Terza, Quarta, and Quinta. Each tower has been climbed by classic Dolomite routes since the late nineteenth century.

From 1915 to 1917 the Cinque Torri formed a second-line Italian artillery position on the Dolomite front against Austro-Hungarian forces holding nearby Lagazuoi. The restored trenches, gun emplacements, and command posts now make up an open-air museum maintained by the Cortina alpine guides.

Yes. The Cinque Torri ski sector is part of the Cortina d'Ampezzo and Dolomiti Superski network, and runs from early December to mid-April. The Bai de Dones chairlift reaches Rifugio Scoiattoli, directly under Torre Grande. The open-air WWI museum stays under snow until June.

The local effect is called *enrosadira*. Dolomitic limestone reflects warm light strongly at low sun angles, so the cliffs read gold, then rose, then plum in the final minutes before dusk. In winter, snow at the foot of the towers amplifies the contrast.

Drive from Cortina d'Ampezzo toward Passo Falzarego, about twenty minutes by road, and turn off at the Bai de Dones car park. The chairlift runs in both summer and winter season; in shoulder months an unpaved access road climbs to Rifugio Scoiattoli.

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers who have hiked or skied above Cortina. The Cinque Torri are a known landmark for anyone who has climbed in the Nuvolau group or skied the Bai de Dones lift. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The artwork reads well in alpine-modern interiors, in jewel-tone maximalist rooms, and against the warm woods of Scandinavian and Tyrolean cabins. The rose-gold sunset stone holds its own above a dark hearth, a leather chair, or a console of old books.

Yes. Alpine-modern remains a steady design vocabulary, especially in mountain second homes and in cold-weather city flats. The Cinque Torri sits comfortably alongside textured wools, walnut, and dark slate, and reads as a winter piece rather than a summer landscape.

A single Large covers a console or a small sofa cleanly. Above a full sofa a four-tile Mural reads as one continuous painting; for a long wall above a sectional, the nine-tile Mural gives the most presence. A Triptych works well above a fireplace.

Yes. The Dura Satin and Matte finishes are scratch-resistant and tolerate steam, splash, and daily wipe-downs, so they install confidently in showers, backsplashes, and powder rooms. The Glossy finish is for dry display only.

A microfibre cloth and water is enough for ordinary dust. For kitchen and bathroom installations, a mild non-abrasive cleaner is safe on the Dura Satin and Matte finishes. Do not use scouring pads or abrasive powders on any finish.

Yes. The Cinque Torri painting was made by Reid Wender, the studio's curator and eye, in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. It is not licensed from another artist or sold by any other store. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure.