Deruta famous factories : "Società Maioliche Deruta".

The Castle of Deruta (downtown) in 1940.

Walking from the main entrance of the town of Deruta towards Castelleone, on the right side of the street we  may admire an aedicule for the prayer with a beautiful ceramics plaque of Deruta.

The buildings represent private homes and Churches in the upper part of town and the ceramics factories, which at that time were located downtown Deruta (1940), in the lower part of the plaque.

Detail of the plaque

The buildings that belong to the "Società Maioliche Deruta" factory are the five annexes in the lower row of the ceramics plaque, which are designated with the following descriptions (from left to right):
1. magazzino - reparto tornianti (warehouse - handthrowing area);
2. magazzino - reparto pittori (warehouse - painters area);
3. majoliche - direzione (factory head offices);
4. reparto pittori - reparto vernici - reparto terra (painting room - glazing room - greenware room), forno a   legna (kiln by wood);
5. reparto formisti (shaping room) - reparto stampatori (moulding room).

The logo of the "Società Maioliche Deruta"
factory, a vase dated 1358. 

The "Società Maioliche Deruta" factory is no longer in business but has contributed immensily to the growth of the art of Deruta.


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The main gate to the town of Deruta is the Gate of  St. Michael the Archangel (Piazza district). The other gates are the Gate of the Borough  or Todi Gate (Borgo district) and the Perugia Gate  (Valle district) for a total of three gates.