
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Six Chimneys

Friday, February 27, 2009
Window on the Harbour

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Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Tamarisk Rock


Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Piazza Matteotti

This building by the architect Giovanni Michelucci (1891-1990) was commissioned in the second half of the 50's by the Department of the Treasury. Construction was completed in 1966. The tower rises from a five-storey base, reaching a height of 91 meters with 26 floors. The base mostly houses offices, while the tower is for residential use with eight apartments per floor.
It's no Chrysler Building, but I like it.
External links: Giovanni Michelucci (Wikipedia)
Labels:
architecture,
building,
Livorno,
square
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Man in Black

Monday, February 23, 2009
Pogoria

See also: Welcome Back Pogoria - STS Pogoria - Goodbye, Pogoria!
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Pro-shoot-toe

Wikipedia says: The word prosciutto (pronounced “pro-shoot-toe”) derives from the Latin perexsuctum, which gave way to the modern Italian word “prosciugare” which means “to thoroughly dry” (lit., “[having been] very sucked out”).
Do I like prosciutto? Absolutely yes! And, as Fio rightly comments, “prosciuttaio” is “pro-shoot-teye-oh”
Saturday, February 21, 2009
John of Nepomuk

John of Nepomuk or John Nepomucene (1345-1393) is a national Saint of the Czech Republic. In 1393 he was made the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Prague. In the same year, on March 20th, he was tortured and thrown into the river Vltava from Charles Bridge in Prague at the behest of Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia. He had refused to betray the confessional secret of the Queen.

Friday, February 20, 2009
Window Display

If you follow this blog you probably already know that we have a thing for windows and shop windows and, of course, it's not finished yet!
¹ - An European first floor, so it would be an American 2nd floor.
Mistery solved:

Caprices of Carnival
Fancy dresses, costumes
and accessories for rent
First Floor
Fancy dresses, costumes
and accessories for rent
First Floor
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Eaismo

I have read that “Eaismo” was a forerunner of the nuclear art, of which I am absolutely not aware, in Italy and Europe.
In the photo you can see a plaque on the birthplace of the painter, in Via Sant'Andrea (St Andrew Street), which translates:
Here was born
on February, 11th 1920
the painter
Voltolino Fontani
creator of the
eaist movement
in the 30th anniversary
of his death
the Municipality of Livorno
the Labronic Group
Livorno, August, 8th 2006
on February, 11th 1920
the painter
Voltolino Fontani
creator of the
eaist movement
in the 30th anniversary
of his death
the Municipality of Livorno
the Labronic Group
Livorno, August, 8th 2006
I don't know how much “aeistic” is the plaque, but the surrounding wires and pipes are worthy of any contemporary art installation.
About nuclear art I have found only references in Italian, but you could check the bio of one of its founders, Enrico Baj, in Wikipedia and his obituary on The Guardian.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Gold of Pisa

One of these legends says that “torta” was created purely by chance and hunger in 1284, after Genoa defeated Pisa in the battle of Meloria, just in front of Livorno. Returning home the Genoese ships were hit by a storm and, inside the hold, overturned barrels of oil and broken sacks of chickpeas mixed with some salt water.
Being on limited supplies and notoriously parsimonious, the Genoese salvaged what they could and the sailors were served a sort of oily chickpea soup. Trying to make the dish more edible someone left it in the sun to dry, with palatable results. Derisively the sailors called it Pisa's Gold. Back to to Genoa, they greatly improved the new dish baking it in a real oven: the “farinata” or “fainé”, as they call it in Genoa, was born. The new dish was soon known all along the coast: in Pisa is now called “cecìna” and in Nice “socca”.
Variants to this legend have the Pisan prisoners from the battle discovering the magic mix, or even hungry roman legionaries left without floor concocting it centuries before.
See also: Five and five
External links: Farinata (Wikipedia)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Town Hall

It was entirely rebuilt in 1745 with the addition of the monumental double staircase by Bernardino Ciurini. The small tower at the top houses an old bell, once used to convene the Council or in other special occasions. The original construction was expanded in an adjacent building in 1867 and renovated further in 1929.
After the last war, with a wing completely destroyed by the bombings, it was partly rebuilt. The new “complex”, now joining three different buildings, was inaugurated in 1949 by the mayor Furio Diaz.
The large crest over the main door, at the top of the staircase, is better described in the post Mural Crown.
See also: Mural Crown - Piazza del Municipio - Coat of Arms
Labels:
architecture,
building,
Livorno,
town hall
Monday, February 16, 2009
Ardenza Mare

Labels:
architecture,
Ardenza,
building,
Livorno,
villa
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Piazza Giorgio Caproni



External links: Giorgio Caproni (Encyclopedia Britannica) - Giorgio Caproni - Resistenza (Wikipedia)
Saturday, February 14, 2009
I Love You

Friday, February 13, 2009
Nisi Serenas

Thursday, February 12, 2009
Front Door

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
C Eaters

External links: Tuscan gorgia - Giuseppe Mazzini (Wikipedia)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
One Hundred Years


Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Leopoldine Walls

Friday, February 6, 2009
Nanni's Home

Thursday, February 5, 2009
Madonna Street

Madonna is not a very long street, but it crosses a bridge, glances at Town Hall, runs along the canals for a while, skirts the Justice Court and ends toward another major church in Venice (the quarter). Following a bout of secular eagerness, in 1901 it was renamed Giordano Bruno Street, quickly regaining its original, and more suitable, name in 1925.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Far from the Madding Crowd

See also: Windsurfers
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
January Sunbathing

Monday, February 2, 2009
Windsurfers

See also: Going with the Wind - Three Bridges - Libeccio
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Theme Day: Paths and Passages

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