Piazza Cavour 1902

Piazza Cavour last June.

Piazza Cavour in a 1902 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Piazza Cavour - Cavour
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Church of San Benedetto

Inside the church of San Benedetto there is still the organ used by the young Pietro Mascagni to practice music.

In this postcard of the first years of the last century we can see that there were much less cars around.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: San Benedetto - Budded Crosses - Mascagni's Organ - Four Angels
External links: Pietro Mascagni (Wikipedia)
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Scoglio della Regina

Last July: the buildings of the former sea resort “Scoglio della Regina” undergoing a long process of restauration.

Almost the same view in a postcard of the first years of the last century.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: A “Horror” Revisited - Almost Finished
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Piazza dei Mille

Piazza dei Mille and Via de Larderel, seen from Piazza della Repubblica.

Almost the same view in a 1910 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Via De-Lardarelli - Piazza della Repubblica
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Piazza del Cisternone

The church of Sant'Andrea (Saint Andrew) in a photo taken last June.

The same church in a 1907 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Sant'Andrea - Sant'Andrea's Bell Tower - Cisternone
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Greetings from Livorno #5

Another postcard published by Künzli Frères in Zurich around 1900 with a view on the Grand Hotel Palazzo, the Cisternone, and the Four Moors.

A postcard published by Vierbucher in Milan showing us the Lighthouse, part of the Porto Mediceo, and the main building of the Naval Academy.

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Greetings from Livorno - Greetings from Livorno #2 - Greetings from Livorno #3 - Greetings from Livorno #4 - Grand Hotel Palazzo - Cisternone - Four Moors - The Lighthouse
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San Jacopo

The church of San Jacopo in Acquaviva and its small pier. (Photo taken last April)

A wider view of the same area in an old postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: San Jacopo in Acquaviva - The Missing Bell Tower
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Greetings from Livorno #4

“From the Queen of the Tyrrhenian protected by Mary, from the hill of Montenero, greetings and wishes”	“The Blessed Virgin will guide, protect and bless you.”

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Greetings from Livorno - Greetings from Livorno #2 - Greetings from Livorno #3 - The Lighthouse - Sanctuary of Montenero
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108 Years After

The south end of the “Molo Novo”, also known as “Diga Curvilinea” (Curvilinear Breakwater).

Almost the same angle in this 1907 postcard, when a few ships still moored there.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Molo Novo - The North Lighthouse - Over the Porto Mediceo
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Greetings from Livorno #3

Two more “Saluti da Livorno” (Greetings from Livorno) postcards, published by the same Künzli Frères in Zurich around 1900.

The Darsena Vecchia, the Cisternone, and the area of the Porto Mediceo where is now the Coast Guard building.

In another postcard we have a view of Piazza della Repubblica (then Piazza Carlo Alberto), the Mercato Centrale, and the monument to Vittorio Emanuele II.

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Greetings from Livorno - Greetings from Livorno #2 - La Darsena Vecchia - Cisternone - Coast Guard - Piazza della Repubblica - Mercato Centrale - Viva Verdi
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The Missing Bell Tower

Unless the sender helped us with a readable year, dating and old postcard is often a puzzle. The present facade of the church of San Jacopo in Acquaviva was finished in 1891, but the bell tower was added only in 1897. Therefore the actual photo was probably taken between these years.

A further hint comes from the postage stamp, which is part of a series called “Floreale” (Floral), issued in 1901. So, all things considered, we can quite confidently place this vintage postcard in the first years of 1900, but the picture used was certainly taken before 1897.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: San Jacopo in Acquaviva
External links: Floreale (iBolli, in Italian)
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Greetings from Livorno #2

Today we are starting to post a series of old “Saluti da Livorno” (Greetings from Livorno) postcards. These first two were published by Künzli Frères in Zurich around 1900 and clearly they are not photos.

The Four Moors and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, now Piazza Grande.

The Torre del Marzocco (Marzocco Tower) and the Accademia Navale (Italian Naval Academy).

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Greetings from Livorno - Four Moors - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II - Torre del Marzocco
External links: Italian Naval Academy (Wikipedia)
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Palazzo Saccardi

Palazzo Saccardi was built in 1907 in Piazza San Jacopo in Acquaviva.

The same building in a 1919 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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Hotel Palazzo

The magnificent Grand Hotel Palazzo, practically in front of the Terrazza Mascagni.

A quite fantastic representation of the same hotel in a 1906 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Grand Hotel Palazzo - Terrazza Mascagni
External links: Grand Hotel Palazzo (Official website)
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La Darsena Vecchia

The Fortezza Vecchia beyond the water of the Old Harbor, also called Pamiglione. From the left we see the bastion of Canaviglia, with the Palazzo di Francesco on top, the Molo del Soccorso and the imposing Mastio di Matilde.

Part of the same view in a 1900 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Fortezza Vecchia - Canaviglia - Palazzo di Francesco - Molo del Soccorso - Mastio di Matilde - Pamiglione - Old Harbor
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Via della Torre

On the corner of Viale Italia and Via Pacinotti we can see an old gazebo inside the garden of a villa. The place faces the Rotonda of Ardenza, a round grove of pine trees by the sea.

A similar view, from the first years of the last century.

The same place in 1933: Via della Torre (Tower Street) was the old name of Via Pacinotti.

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Via Pacinotti
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Funicular of Montenero

One of the two cars of the funicular of Montenero crossing Via del Governatore on a bridge.

The upper station and a car in a 1926 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Montenero - Sanctuary of Montenero - Villa Azzurra - Funicolare - Sagrato - Famedio - Piazza del Santuario
External links: Funicular (Wikipedia)
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Piazza delle Carrozze

The lower terminus of the funicular of Montenero in Piazza delle Carrozze.

The same building in a 1915 postcard.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Montenero - Sanctuary of Montenero - Villa Azzurra - Funicolare - Sagrato - Famedio - Piazza del Santuario
External links: Funicular (Wikipedia)
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Via di Montenero

An interesting building in Via di Montenero...

... and a century-old postcard with a view of the same street.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: Montenero - Sanctuary of Montenero - Funicolare - Sagrato - Famedio - Piazza del Santuario
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Livorno's Lungomare

Our “lungomare” is completely wrong: you have to walk on the side of a heavily trafficked Viale Italia while the seafront, beyond some green, is occupied by a crowded parking. Cars on their way to the parking obviously cross your waking path almost continuously, as do the ones coming back to the street.

It was a nice arrangment when there were only horses and buggies, it is a folly with cars, bus and scooters speeding along the boulevard. The funny thing is that the whole place was renewed a few years ago, but the sea air was left to the parked cars while the promenade still enjoys the emissions of the passing vehicles.

Before the advent of the Republic in 1946, Viale Italia was called Viale Regina Margherita in honor of the Queen Margherita of Savoy, the one made world-wide famous by the pizza. The boulevard has always been Livorno's promenade as shown in these postcards (1917 top, 1927 bottom).

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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See also: Flying over Livorno

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