Can you find a source that still trades in a style of floor tile
called "Piazza Alberighi" made by an Italian company called EDILGRES.
The tiles are 33x33 cm, and I would need approx. 3 square meters. I
bought the original tiles 8 years ago. If the tile is not available,
what would be the closest match?

Hi richard100:

I have found a single definitive source for this tile - in Italy. 

NEAonline.it:
http://www.neaonline.it/

Your particular tile is listed for sale at:

http://www.neaonline.it/Piazze.html

third row down, first on the left. 

Is this the tile that you are looking for? 

The contact information for this company is: 

Telephone: 0331.548812
Fax: 0331.541553
Cellular: 0337.711772
Email for pricing and tile availability: preventivi@neaonline.it

I would suggest emailing these people. They seem to have some English
capabilities. (I could contact them by emial for you, if you'd
rather.)

I could not find anywhere else on the Web that specifically mentions
this particular tile. However, I found a great site that lists all the
Italian tile makers and their North American distributors.

Ceramic Tile of Italy:
http://www.italytile.com/index.htm

If you go to the following page:

http://www.italytile.com/searches/index.htm

and click on "Italian Tile Manufacturers" and select "Edilgres-Sirio
(Ceramiche)" and hit "Submit", you will get the contact information
for Edilgres

EDILGRES-SIRIO (CERAMICHE) 
Address: Via Radici In Piano 675
City: Sassuolo
Province: MO
Telephone: 0536/816311
Fax: 0536/816125
Contact: Massimo Rosselli/UNITED TRADE

as well as a page with a drop-down list of states/provinces where this
company has dealers. Choose your location and hit "Submit".

This will give you a list of companies and their contact information.

I hope that this information helps. 

Please let me know if you need any clarification of this answer. 

Thanks.

websearcher-ga

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Clarification of Answer by websearcher-ga on 21 Sep 2002 12:05 PDT

Search Strategy:

EDILGRES piazza
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=EDILGRES+piazza

"Piazza Alberighi" 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Piazza+Alberighi%22+

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Request for Answer Clarification by richard100-ga on 25 Sep 2002 13:02 PDT

Hi websearcher-ga, thanks for your excellent response. I have tried
emailing the company as you suggested but they have not got back to
me. Perhaps you could try?
I would like to get approx. 3 square meters of these tiles delivered
to Preston, England. I would like to know whether this is feasible and
how much it would cost.

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Clarification of Answer by websearcher-ga on 25 Sep 2002 13:43 PDT

Hi richard100:

I've sent them an email. I'll let you know what (if anything) I get back. :-)

websearcher-ga

Fabulous answer. Saved me a lot of hassle!