An impressive picture of the destruction around the “Cisternino” and “Piazza della Repubblica”, taken in 1943 after one of the raids.
See also: Half-Dome Fad - Chili Pepper & Macchiaioli
Monday, January 18, 2010
Cisternino di città
An impressive picture of the destruction around the “Cisternino” and “Piazza della Repubblica”, taken in 1943 after one of the raids.See also: Half-Dome Fad - Chili Pepper & Macchiaioli
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Great building and thank you for the history of it. Love the old B&W photo.
Great architecture. I love the fancy street light.
Cheers.
Melbourne Daily Photo
Fascinating building, fascinating story. Wars are so damn devastating - and for what?
I think the world's people ought to pass a law that politicians could start a war only if they fought on the front lines as regular soldiers!
Anyway, I'm glad this is still standing (I can see the shrapnel marks!) and that it's being renovated.
That historic shot is shattering but also amazing.
Beautiful Architecture !!
That building has been through a lot.
It pains me to see our cities' treasures made into rubble by war.
You know, VP, my father was in the U.S. Army Air Corps, pilot of a B-24 Liberator flying out of Italy.
Sigh ...
Really handsome building - good it survived!
Nice week to you:)
A very good idea to show now and then.
Thank you for sharing the story behind this lovely building. I love the marks on the marble.
Ciao
Eleonora
At least they' re keeping it intact ... I love a hppy ending when it comes to heritage!!!
Gena @ Thinking Aloud
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South Africa
Impressive building, sad and interesting to know the history (from 1943.)..... One more thing,- I think I have become so much more aware of street lamps.... including the one in your first photograph.
Simple but effective architecture.
I like the idea that they didn't repair the shrapnel marks in the building. It is a reminder of the war and hopefully serve as a deterrent.
It's impressive to see Giovanni looking so thoughtful and calm in the middle of the hot chaos!
God bless you!
Cezar
foto sempre interessanti e belle ma la foto con la statua è piuttosto eccezionale.
ciao simona
Impressive!
Thanks for the interesting post: this is a monument for the memory!
Any idea what would be happening in such a Culture House if it had been open right now?
@ Per - I don't know, the idea of a Culture House is so Seventies...
Actually, it's amazing how much did survive WWII.
It's disheartening to think of what has been destroyed forever in wars.
Wonderful post. Really like the comparison with the older postcard.
What an interesting old building (even if it never was part of the water system) and thanks for the photo of the tragic aftermath of the war.
Three Rivers Daily Photo
The statue survived? Does it have shrapnel?
Beautiful building and a very interesting story. The after the war photo is very heartbreaking. It's good to see images like this from time to time to remind us that we've come a long way and we should not return to that.
Very interesting post !
I was about to say that that's the fanciest cistern I've ever seen, then I got to the part about it never having been used as one. Love the lamp post in front of it.
About the old photo, that's pretty much what Manila looked like after the war too. My maternal grandfather was killed by shrapnel and the walls of the house (still in the family) bear their marks still, under the vines.
@ Dina - Luckily my family didn't live in Livorno then, the center and the port were almost obliterated. There is a video on Youtube of an actual air raid on our city.
@ Wolynski - The statue was lucky and is still there.
@ Andreea - The photo is not after but during thewar. I'm not sure, but this was one of the first raids of a long series.
Really impressive the photo taken in 1943! The building looks magnificent now and I like the first composition very much.
War is horrible human activity. My grandfather was a WWII veteran.
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