{"id":3272,"date":"2026-05-11T17:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poderelesignano.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T11:35:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T09:35:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.poderelesignano.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3272\" class=\"elementor elementor-3272 elementor-1036\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9331980 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9331980\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/XBwpqVBPqDs&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-embed\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e6979 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60e6979\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5c5b21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5c5b21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487d28b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"487d28b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab56a2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab56a2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47fd08 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d47fd08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The land where Podere Lesignano was established was purchased back in 1850 by the great-great-grandfather of the current owner, Stefano Valentini. The property was home to a centuries-old stone pine which, from the top of the hill where it stood, dominated the surrounding landscape; for this reason, it was popularly known in the local dialect as \u201cE Puder De Pegn\u201d. <br><br>Today, on that hill, after a lightning strike brought the pine tree crashing down in 2012, a young oak tree has begun to grow, a metaphor for the future and a symbol of the social, environmental and cultural responsibility that the company wishes to embrace towards the land that continues to host it, after approximately a century and a half of history.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce88f1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ce88f1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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