“Via degli Archi” (Archways Street) is one of the strangest street in Livorno because it passes through a building. The many signs warn you of limits in width, height, speed and obviously parking.
Besides a quite narrow street we have a couple of very long names: in “Via A. Nardini Despotti Mospignotti” they shortened the name Aristide to avoid having to use a longer plaque.
That was unavoidable with “Via Pietro Coccoluto Ferrigni” called “Yorick”, which is the street where my old elementary school still is, near the Green Gas Station.See also: Anchovies Street - Low and Dark
Livorno is gorgeous, but then so is all of Italy, and made better by your wonderful photos. I had to look it up on the map - appears to be on the same stretch of coast as Portofino.
ReplyDeleteDespotti - they named a street after despots?
Nice!
ReplyDeleteSomeone must be waiting for me at the dead-end.
When you arrange to meet someone on the street do you use the entire name?
ReplyDelete"Bravo" to all the people who can do perfect reading ...
ReplyDeleteIt sounds nice..... I have read it a few times. ;-)
Perhaps "via Pietro".....is ok to say for us instead of the hole name???
@ brattcat - Good question. In the first case we would say “Via Nardini”, but unfortunately there is another “Via Nardini” in town, so we must add the name.
ReplyDeleteIn the second case we agree on a simpler “Via Ferrigni”.
I wonder how man careless drivers slam into the narrow opening?
ReplyDeleteStrange streets are just part of the old world charm!
ReplyDeleteSimply wonderful, VP! I mean a street that goes through a building? Where else would you find such a thing?
ReplyDeleteAnd it really is a street, not just an alleyway!
Love the long names, too. I can just hear the conversation...
"Yes, I went to school on Pietro..."
"Okay, that's enough. I know the place!"
Heh. Heh.
Hehe funny:)
ReplyDeleteInteresting - I saw a picture of a street next to my elementary school in Bulgaria yesterday. Amazing how those streets have some extra emotional energy to it - may be because we had a chance to observe them through the eyes of a curious kid noticing details that grown-ups miss :) I wouldn't let any street to go through my house - I wold fight the intruder :)
ReplyDeleteMerci de nous partager votre regard sur la ville
ReplyDeleteThat's really interesting and reminds me of a very narrow long named street that I saw in Paris called "Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche"
ReplyDeleteDespotti as in French dèspote ?!
ReplyDeleteThe passageway is so cool. Although they are all over Europe there are very few in the US. Great shots.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how anyone is supposed to know that A. means Aristide? Maybe the guy is famous in Livorno. I love these strange signs, and they look nice, at least in your photos. I also love the way streets go right through the buildings, maybe more in Europe than here. And Yorick, is what? A nickname for this guy? Funny signs.
ReplyDeletewow so many details in this post!Very interesting dear friend!
ReplyDeleteLéia
I love this street - I mean this one which goes throuh building.
ReplyDeleteThe names are interesting, wow it would take time to tell where you want to go:)
Impressive long names. What amount of points would those give when playing Scrabble ?
ReplyDeleteI hope that's not a two way street! And it's fun trying to say the long, long names! :)
ReplyDeleteA street that runs through a building. How unusual is that!
ReplyDeleteCool stuff.
ReplyDeleteI like that your elementary school is still there. I recently found a web page for the school in Pula, Croatia where I finished 1st grade - what a thrill. They renovated a bit but I still remember the building enterance.
They sure are long names:)
ReplyDeleteI like ho you've incorporated the urban clutter.
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