Sunday, December 27, 2009

New Venice

Boats, Venezia quarterVenice's “gozzo” and “gozzetta”. Red and white are the colors of the “rione” (quarter) for the rowing competitions along the year. Viale Caprera canalViale Caprera”, the first part of the canal already redug few years ago, the “micropoles” drill and the church of “San Ferdinando”.

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See also: An Useless Dig - Canale dei Navicelli - Viale Caprera - Micropoles - A New Canal - Crash - The Dig - Building the Canal - Venice's Canal - The Old “Cantina” - Along the New Canal - Under Construction - The Bomb - The Buried Bomb - The Wall - Modulblock

23 comments:

Woody said...

Very nice reflections! I like the range of colors in the first shot and I love the building in the second one. Bravo!

tapirgal said...

Photo 1: The reflection is spectacular! It's interesting what happened to the lines on the left side.

Photo 2: I especially like the contrast of the finished and unfinished parts of the building. I remember seeing these before. Nice styles :)

Anonymous said...

Great shots. I like the colors and ripples in the first and the utter calm in the second.

Gunn said...

All these Italian surnames ending with an I or O.....
Fantastic, And the beautiful shape of the letters on the red rowing boats. Is it very quiet in the city now??
Enjoy your Sunday!:-)

eileeninmd said...

I love the colors in the first reflection shot. The canal and building has a wonderful reflection too. They are both wonderful reflection photos.

lodolite said...

che belli questi riflessi!
ciao simona

Andreea said...

There's nothing like a splash of red to make a picture look great :)

joo said...

The bright red in the first photo is superb!
The second one is also really pretty with the perspective and reflections.

brattcat said...

Great reflections in both of these.

cieldequimper said...

Can't wait to see the rowing.

Eleonora Baldwin said...

Bellissime le riflessioni e i colori brillanti. Non sapevo di questa tradizione! Grazie

Ciao
Eleonora

James said...

These are great. There is something really cool about looking down and seeing the sky. I also like the red in the reflection above.

Cezar and Léia said...

Your pictures are so romantic and beautiful!The second shot is fabulous, with a perfect composition!I love your talent VP, thanks so much for sharing!
Leia

Halcyon said...

Love the reflections. It's back to work tomorrow, but I've enjoyed having a whole week off!

stromsjo said...

Come to think of it, I rarely see any litter in your canal photos. Is everyone carefully avoiding to pollute them or is the city constantly cleaning them or do you sometimes just happen to point the camera in the other direction?

Lois said...

Those are lovely reflections! I really like the red.

VP said...

@ Per - I would say that “everyone carefully avoiding to pollute them” and “the city constantly cleaning them” are two utopian statements if related to Livorno.
In several spots I haven't pointed the camera in other directions, but simply omitted, for now, to post the pictures.
The overall situation is not so bad...

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

The first picture is very colorful and the second very pretty! I like the old buildings!

Anonymous said...

The sky fell in the water! Gorgeous!

Congratulation on your blogaversary! I knew we started at the same time because I remember going through the first posts on your other blog - with the pictures from Eastern Europe and around the world. But I forgot later. It is a special talent to be so organized to post every day - and all in great quality. I really enjoy your blogs.

Ilse said...

Love the New Venice photo. Red is just so dramatic.

Unknown said...

Love the reds and the reflections!

Unknown said...

Very nice reflections, VP!

stromsjo said...

Always remember, every city has its darker corners. Not everything is fit for a postcard...