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  • Urbis

    SET IN STONE

    Apr 04, 2019 2 minutes
    WORDS KERSTIN ROSE
    IMAGES
    CHRISTIAN SCHAULIN

    HEN JAKOB BILL TOOK EARLY RETIREMENT from his job as an archaeologist at the age of 59, his main objective was “to have more time for painting”. It was then that he and his wife Chantal found the ideal spot for this activity: a farmstead with 15,000m of land, right above the village of Pianezzo in Switzerland.

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