{"id":1183,"date":"2022-10-09T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T10:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/history\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T09:20:18","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;stretch&#8221;][vc_column]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab68f3{color:var(--wpex-accent);font-size:45px;}.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab68f3:hover{color:var(--wpex-accent);}<\/style><h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-bottom-border vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-text-center wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main vcex_6abfda3ab68f3\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Alba Vivai, a century of history of the Colombano family<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;60&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1681478836430{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab6d7d{color:var(--wpex-accent);font-size:45px;border-color:var(--wpex-accent);}.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab6d7d:hover{color:var(--wpex-accent);}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-bottom-border vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-text-left wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main vcex_6abfda3ab6d7d\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">1920s<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<p class=\"Corpo\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The history of our company goes back to the early 1900s when, around the 1920s, Giovanni Battista Colombano (1882 \u2013 1957) began to cultivate fruit trees and poplars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Corpo\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">At the time, Giovanni Battista Colombano was well known as a master wood carver master, an activity he practiced above all during the long, cold winters in Alba.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-grid-container vcex-module wpex-grid wpex-gap-20 wpex-grid-cols-2\"><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6abfda3ab756b .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module vcex_6abfda3ab756b\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block hvr hvr-grow-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nonno-colombano.jpg\" class=\"wpex-lightbox\"><img width=\"564\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nonno-colombano.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nonno-colombano.jpg 564w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/nonno-colombano-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6abfda3ab7f21 .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module vcex_6abfda3ab7f21\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block hvr hvr-grow-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Serra-anni-20.jpg\" class=\"wpex-lightbox\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Serra-anni-20.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Serra-anni-20.jpg 800w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Serra-anni-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Serra-anni-20-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;60&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1681478507558{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/about_bg.jpg?id=417) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab8797{color:var(--wpex-accent);font-size:45px;border-color:var(--wpex-accent);}.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab8797:hover{color:var(--wpex-accent);}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-bottom-border vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-text-left wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main vcex_6abfda3ab8797\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">1950s<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:40px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text color=&#8221;rgba(30,21,23,0.9)&#8221; font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;wpex-antialiased&#8221;]\n<p class=\"Corpo\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In the 1950s the brothers Filippo (1922 &#8211; 1983) and Michele Colombano (1933 &#8211; 2013) expanded the family business establishing Colombano Fratelli (Colombano Bros.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Corpo\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The new company introduced the production of ornamental plants and opened up new trade routes with Pistoia (Tuscany) and Lake Maggiore, still leading areas of high quality production today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Corpo\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Michele and Filippo in these years began to design and create gardens, an activity that soon became the flagship of the Colombano family.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-grid-container vcex-module wpex-grid wpex-gap-20 wpex-grid-cols-2\"><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6abfda3ab8c22 .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module vcex_6abfda3ab8c22\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block hvr hvr-grow-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Michele-Franco1970.jpg\" class=\"wpex-lightbox\"><img width=\"709\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Michele-Franco1970.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Michele-Franco1970.jpg 709w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Michele-Franco1970-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6abfda3ab93e7 .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module vcex_6abfda3ab93e7\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block hvr hvr-grow-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FilippoPistoia50.jpg\" class=\"wpex-lightbox\"><img width=\"793\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FilippoPistoia50.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FilippoPistoia50.jpg 793w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FilippoPistoia50-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FilippoPistoia50-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FilippoPistoia50-768x775.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;60&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1665397330394{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/storia-bg.jpg?id=418) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style>.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab9c1f{color:var(--wpex-accent);font-size:45px;border-color:var(--wpex-accent);}.vcex-heading.vcex_6abfda3ab9c1f:hover{color:var(--wpex-accent);}<\/style><h1 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-bottom-border vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-text-left wpex-border-b wpex-border-solid wpex-border-main vcex_6abfda3ab9c1f\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">01\/01\/1988 the current Alba Vivai nursery was established.<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text color=&#8221;rgba(30,21,23,0.9)&#8221; font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;wpex-antialiased&#8221;]\n<p class=\"Corpo\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In this period Filippo and Michele were joined by Gianni (1953 \u2013 1977) Filippo\u2019s son, first and later by Franco (1967), Michele&#8217;s son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The current Azienda Agricola Alba Vivai ss di Colombano e C. was born on 01\/01\/1988, which over the years has become a real landmark for green lovers of Alba.<\/p>\n<p>Franco Colombano, the current owner, has been joined in recent years by his wife Donatella and his son Mattia.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2019, the transfer of the operational headquarters from the historical location of Corso Piave 73 to the new address of Via Rossano snc is the first step for the new corporate course.<\/p>\n<p>Alba Vivai in its new headquarters is transformed into a Garden Center by expanding the choice of products starting from a vast range of plants and flowers, top soil and high quality materials with an eye always open to innovation in Bio, with suppliers selected on the basis of the quality of the products to guarantee a complete high-level service to customers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"vcex-grid-container vcex-module wpex-grid wpex-gap-20 wpex-grid-cols-2\"><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6abfda3aba09c .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module vcex_6abfda3aba09c\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block hvr hvr-grow-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sede-storica-Alba88.jpg\" class=\"wpex-lightbox\"><img width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sede-storica-Alba88.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sede-storica-Alba88.jpg 533w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sede-storica-Alba88-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><style>.vcex-image.vcex_6abfda3aba82e .vcex-image-img{border-radius:var(--wpex-rounded);}<\/style><figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module vcex_6abfda3aba82e\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block hvr hvr-grow-shadow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SedeCorsoPiave1988.jpg\" class=\"wpex-lightbox\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SedeCorsoPiave1988.jpg\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SedeCorsoPiave1988.jpg 800w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SedeCorsoPiave1988-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albavivai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SedeCorsoPiave1988-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; parallax=&#8221;vcex_parallax&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;387&#8243; parallax_mobile=&#8221;yes&#8221; parallax_style=&#8221;fixed-no-repeat&#8221; wpex_shape_divider_top=&#8221;arrow&#8221; parallax_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;200px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; bg_style=&#8221;stretch&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_spacing=&#8221;60&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1681478836430{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] The history of our company goes back to the early 1900s when, around the 1920s, Giovanni Battista Colombano (1882 \u2013 1957) began to cultivate fruit trees and poplars. 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