Carlo Cambi: Genius Coci. The cooks who safeguard gastronomic craftsmanship

About the event

Genius Coci. I cuochi custodi dell’artigianato gastronomico ("Tradition and innovation under the sign of artisan value") is an event run by the Accademia dell’Acciuga, centred on Carlo Cambi.

In this new Quaderno, part of the series of notebooks of the Fondazione Germozzi of Confartigianato Imprese, Cambi describes a view of the world in which know-how is not nostalgia but a key to understanding the present. In its pages, Italian food and wine is not an archive of recipes but a living cultural practice, where hands, raw materials and territories meet to create meaning and beauty.

UNESCO's recognition of Italian cuisine as a heritage of humanity marks a decisive historical step. Yet every recognition carries a responsibility: to keep the heritage from turning into a museum, prestige into a label, food into a "commodity" and the restaurateur into a mere supplier of calories.

Expected weather

Forecast for Thursday, 5 November 2026 in Forte dei Marmi: partly cloudy, 14° by day and 6° at night, 14% chance of rain.

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Getting to Forte dei Marmi

By car, leave the A12 at the Versilia exit. The nearest station is Forte dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta on the Genoa–Pisa line, in Querceta about 4 km away; long-distance trains stop at Viareggio, about 12 km away. Autolinee Toscane buses E1 and E35 serve the town, and Pisa airport is about 35 km away.

Parking: The centre is a limited-traffic zone (ZTL) with electronic gates. Outside summer, Piazza Marconi and the surrounding streets are restricted on Sundays and holidays from 8:00 to 20:00; from 1 June to the third Sunday of September the zone also applies on weekdays from 17:00 to 6:00 and all day on Sundays and holidays. Piazza Garibaldi, Via Montauti and Via Roma are pedestrian. White lines are free, blue lines are paid by app or QR code, and yellow lines are reserved.

About Forte dei Marmi

Forte dei Marmi takes its name from the small fort in Piazza Garibaldi, completed in 1788 under Grand Duke Peter Leopold to guard the beach where marble from the Apuan Alps was stored and shipped. The town belonged to Pietrasanta until 26 April 1914, when it became a comune of its own.

Guide to Forte dei Marmi →