1974

IL FERRONE, one of the most important and biggest industries in the field of Impruneta Cotto is founded. Terracotta tiles for flooring and paving are being produced with industrial technologies and exportation to international markets starts.

1985

Year of birth of the company IL PALAGIO which, grace to a modern entrepreneurial spirit and to a high-quality production, succeeds soon to make its name in the terracotta market.

1992

IL PALAGIO, first in Italy, opens the innovative idea to use terracotta as external wall cladding of buildings, taking advantage of all its know-how to industrialize the production process of “cladding panels”. The first facade project is being realized in Zurich.

2000

IL PALAGIO acquires Il FERRONE and few years later the company VIVATERRA, unifying the two brands, is founded.

2005

PALAGIO ENGINEERING, spin-off of VIVATERRA, is founded to create a working group completely dedicated to the study and realization of rain screen and louver facade.

2009

PALAGIO ENGINEERING adds a laboratory facility of aluminum extrusions for the realization of its own fixing system for terracotta claddings in order to be competitive and flexible in responding to the market requirements.

2011

PALAGIO ENGINEERING creates a new system for the production of long tubes for sunscreen up to 3 meters and supplies more than 50.000 sqm using this new process for the Courthouse Complex in Abu Dhabi

2022

PALAGIO engineering becomes
PALAGIO Architetture in Terracotta
A rebrand focused on innovation&tradition to offer solutions with ever higher aesthetic and quality requirements.