Heigh-Ho!

Dopey, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy and Doc got some fancy clothes for the new year.

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B Like Borgo

An ox head outside a butcher shop in “Piazza Mazzini”. Well before the “A” for Attias, we already had a “B” for “Borgo”, a consortium of business activities in and around “Borgo dei Cappuccini”.

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Soap Sweet Soap

“Soap Sweet Soap” is a shop in “Via Goldoni” where you can carry your recycled containers and refill them with different soaps, shampoos and detergents.

See also: Soap Sweet Soap (in Italian)

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More Bicycle Art

Chained bicycle with an open umbrella on the handlebars and a flat tire.

Search labels: bicycle art
External links: Bicycle Art

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Left Behind

With so many Santas around these days it is inevitable that some of them, after Christmas, are left behind in shops, public spaces or even hanging in awkward poses out of windows.

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The New Attias

In addition to the big red “A”, the renewed “Piazza Attias” has some quite interesting new benches.

See also: Piazza Attias - The Big Red A - The Red Tower - Lungomare di Antignano - Steamhip in Port - Six Months

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White Christmas

A quite elegant Santa in a shop window in “Via Magenta”. Merry Christmas to everyone!

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The Big Red A

The new “Piazza Attias” with sparse benches and a big red “A”: the last one left of Italy's credit rating or memories of a lost “Serie A” (First Division) for the local football team?

See also: Piazza Attias - The New Attias - The Red Tower - Lungomare di Antignano - Steamhip in Port - Six Months

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Trees in Winter

Early December: bare trees in the park of Villa Fabbricotti.

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Happy Holidays!

“Happy Holidays, Livorno!” on a red bus in “Piazza Cavour”.

A Christmas tree in Piazza Grande.

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Three Years of PowerShots

Exactly three years ago we posted our first photo of Livorno on this blog. On our third anniversary it is time to honor our modest tools: I took most of these pictures with the camera above, a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS, which I have been using since December 2009.
On the left a slightly younger me is sitting near a bollard in the “Porto Mediceo”, holding my older camera, a PowerShot SX3. On the right Trillian is posing at La Défense with another PowerShot, her SX5.
On the occasion we would also like to thank and salute all our friends, followers and fellow bloggers for their support: may you always find something interesting in these pages!

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Sunflower

Fake sunflower on the dashboard of a car parked on the “Scali Saffi”.

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The Two Towers

Around the half of the 19th century this tower was part of a wall between the Lazaretto (quarantine station) of San Rocco and the “Nuova Porta a Mare” (New Gate to the Sea). Now it stands alone, just outside the former Orlando Shipyard, awaiting an inclusion of sort in the new residential area already in construction where once the workshops were.In this detail of a view of Livorno from L'Italie à vol d'Oiseau (A bird's eye view of Italy) by Alfred Guesdon (circa 1850) you can easily spot the rounded shape of the tower between the two bridges, in the lower right part of the lithography.In the lower left part of the same image you can find this square tower when it was still facing the sea. The structure is now firmly inland, just outside the Benetti Yachts shipyard.A detail of the same area from a map of Livorno published in Rome around 1860.

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Garibaldi's Doubt

Garibaldi is thinking: “I probably looked better in the other photo...”

See also: What Statues Think - What Leopold Is Thinking - What Time Is It? - Sad Nereid - Guerrino of Montenero - Fisherman's Thought - Horseback Thinking - Caged Emperor - A Ticket Too Much

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My Sisa

The 45-meter (145-foot) Benetti Vision “My Sisa” is not worried by the condition of the sea...

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Piazza Luigi Orlando

“Piazza Luigi Orlando” with the restaurant “La Parmigiana” in background.

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San Benedetto Bridge

The arch of the San Benedetto bridge framing a reflection of the houses facing the “Fosso Reale”.

See also: No-Name Bridge

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Liburna

You can see this shield on the corner of “Via dell’Angiolo” and “Via delle Galere”. It is on the building of the “KinoDessé” movie theater and represents a stylized Liburna, a small galley, used as a symbol by our Chamber of Commerce.

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Still Rowing

Early December: the crew of the “San Marco Pontino” is still rowing...

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Horseshoe

I saw this horseshoe in “Via Ricasoli”: it has probably something to do with the Holidays and good luck, but it is hard to decipher completely...

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Caged Emperor

Pietro Leopoldo was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790 and then Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792. His monument, a work of the sculptor Andrea Pelliccia, is caged by wire mesh on the left of the church of San Jacopo in Acquaviva. It is easy to guess what is he thinking...

See also: What Statues Think - What Leopold Is Thinking - What Time Is It? - Sad Nereid - Guerrino of Montenero - Fisherman's Thought - Horseback Thinking - Garibaldi's Doubt - A Ticket Too Much

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Colors and Shadow

Colors and shadow, “Scali delle Cantine”.

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Two Wheels on Four

Someone is ready to ride a bicycle after a drive.

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Benci

The Benci elementary school seen from the other side of the “Fosso Reale”.

See also: Antonio Benci School

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Iron Castle

The coat of arms of the municipality of Livorno on a side gate of the “Mercato Centrale”.

See also: Mural Crown - Town Hall - 404th Birthday - Coat of Arms

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Cans, Glass & Plastics

The sign on the dumpster says: “Glass, cans and plastic”...

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Sunday Morning

“Piazza Cavour”: 18°C (64°F) at 11 AM this Sunday.

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Horseback Thinking

Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of an united Italy, is thinking: “I would like to try a scooter now...”

See also: What Statues Think - What Leopold Is Thinking - What Time Is It? - Sad Nereid - Guerrino of Montenero - Fisherman's Thought - Caged Emperor - Garibaldi's Doubt - A Ticket Too Much

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Lights and Colors

Street light with graffiti in background, “Piazza Attias”.

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Carved Dragon

Decoration on a front door in “Via Calzabigi”.

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Theme Day: Action shot

The rowers of the Venezia quarter at the “Trofeo D'Alesio 2911”. (Picture taken on April 16th)

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

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Dar Piulle

The curious and really basic sign of “dar Piulle”, a cozy small restaurant in “Via dell'Angiolo”.

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Modern Alley

New buildings between “Via Marradi” and “Via Roma”: alleys aren't what they used to be anymore...

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Pastel Colors

On the eastern side of the “Fortezza Nuova”, facing “Scali delle Cantine”, the “Fosso Reale” (Royal Moat) widens to a basin.

See also: Fortezza Nuova - Scali delle Cantine - Reflected

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Fisherman's Thought

“Il Pescatore” (The Fisherman) is thinking: “I may even be a fisherman, but I have'n caught a fish in the last fifty years...”

See also: What Statues Think - What Leopold Is Thinking - What Time Is It? - Sad Nereid - Guerrino of Montenero - Horseback Thinking - Caged Emperor - Garibaldi's Doubt - A Ticket Too Much

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In the Wind

A tricolor windmill toy is spinning wildly in a capricious wind...

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Wooden Turtle

A huge wooden turtle in “Piazza XX Settembre”: you can have it for € 98.

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San Marco Pontino

A four rowers boat, called “gozzetta”, with the colors of the “San Marco Pontino”, has been hauled out of water at the quarter's “cantina”.

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Via del Giglio

The sky seen through a gate, from “Via del Giglio” (Lily Street).

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Corner Building

Corner building in “Via Indipendenza” reflected in the water of the “Fosso Reale”.

See also: One Hundred Years

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Hot Peppers

Again at the food fair in “Piazza XX settembre”: some hot peppers from Sicily ...... and some more from Calabria.

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Guerrino of Montenero

Guerrino, the valiant peasant who helped to defend Livorno during the siege of 1496, is thinking: “Who stole my bike?”

See also: What Statues Think - What Leopold Is Thinking - What Time Is It? - Sad Nereid - Fisherman's Thought - Horseback Thinking - Caged Emperor - Garibaldi's Doubt - A Ticket Too Much

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Frog Princes

Three frog princes are patiently waiting for a kiss in a shop window.

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