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Watercolor cutaway of a traditional sandstone Fossa cheese pit: a flask-like underground chamber lined with straw holds cloth sacks on a raised wooden floor beneath a covered wooden lid.
Built structures

Fossa cheese pit

A sandstone pit near Sogliano al Rubicone finishes the ripening of already-made cheese. Sources describe flask-like forms, straw lining and sealed wooden lids, but no universal excavation plan.

Pits and cavities
Sogliano al Rubicone
Interpretive watercolor cutaway of a Tuscan metato, with chestnuts on a timber-and-cannicci drying floor above a small fire in the lower stone chamber; not a measured plan.
Built structures

Chestnut metato

A metato is a small chestnut-drying building found in parts of Italy, with a slow fire below and an open timber floor above where chestnuts dry.

Cellars, caves and ripening rooms
Gallicano
A generic stainless-steel industrial vacuum tumbler with a horizontal rotating drum, front lid and support frame, shown empty on a warm ivory background.
Equipment

Vacuum tumbler

A vacuum tumbler is a powered rotating drum that massages meat under reduced pressure, distributing marinade or brine before later processing.

Churns, agitators and drums
Albinea, Reggio Emilia
Editorial watercolor illustration of a graduated row of wooden balsamic-vinegar casks in an attic acetaia.
Equipment

Balsamic batteria

A balsamic batteria is a graduated set of wooden casks for traditional vinegar in Modena and Reggio Emilia. Transfers, evaporation, seasonal conditions and wood contact make the battery work as one system.

Barrels and casks
Province of Modena