ALBANIA, A COUNTRY OF FEW IMAGES •
Pietro Marubbi was the first artist to open a photographic studio in the Balkans. Before him few painters had visited the area and the country was very mysterious for the Occidental public.
The Marubbi family originate from Val di Ceno, a west-East valley part of the Ligurian Appennines. The Ceno is flowing entirely the Province of Parma, having its source on Monte Penna on the border between Liguria and Emilia- Romagna. One locality bares their name : Marubbi is a hamlet in the Val di Ceno, East of Santo Stefano d’Aveto, west of Pellegrino Parmense *.
