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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By the Ferry

Indifferent to the machinery and the people working around him. (Picture taken on August 30th)

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Spin-Off

The first lamp post is too much crowded by love padlocks now...

See also: Love Padlocks - Rust Never Sleeps - Love Padlocks (Florence)
Cadenas d'amour (Paris) - Ksusha and Kolia (Paris) - Pont de l'Archevêché (Paris)

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Polenta

I am not sure how much familiar most of you are with “polenta”. This guy was preparing it at a food fair in “Piazza XX settembre”.

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Windows on the Sky

Clouded sky reflected in a pair of windows in “Via Goldoni”.

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The Beast

An unbelievable beast is crawling near a dumpster in “Via Giusti”...

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Sad Nereid

A Nereid of the fountain of Neptune. I can't really say what is she thinking, Any idea?

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

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Bistango

The 62 meter superyacht “Bistango”, completely out of water, is undergoing some maintenance at the Benetti shipyard.

See also: I Dynasty - Superyachts - I Dynasty, in Norway - Giorgio Armani's Yacht - Imagination & Illusion - Prince Abdulaziz - Bistango & Reborn - Open Bridge - Octopus - Everything Is Relative

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Turret in the Sun

One of the turrets guarding the gate of the “Fortezza Nuova”.

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A Lighthouse

A picturesque “lighthouse” seen at a Sunday market in “Via della Madonna”.

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Iron Flowers

Strange things in unexpected places: iron flowers on a balcony railimg in “Piazza della Repubblica”.

See also: Balcony Railings - Wrought Iron Initials

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Red and Yellow

The colors of the “San Marco Pontino” rowing team on the door of a “cantina”.

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Mending Nets

Fisherman mending his nets on the “Scali Cialdini”, alongside the “Canale dei Francesi”.

See also: Scali Cialdini - Canale dei Francesi

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What Time Is It?

Luigi Orlando is wondering what time is it...

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

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Small Garden

A small garden in “Via Sant'Jacopo in Acquaviva”.

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Mefistofele & B.C.

“Before Christ” and “Mefistofele” (Mephistopheles) at the marina of the “Porto Mediceo”.

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Pentimento

A pentimento is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his mind. Not much of artistic here, but the pentimento is there.

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Florentine Walk

Tired to walk in Livorno, we took a train for a day trip to Florence. Here is the “Basilica of Santa Maria Novella”, just outside the main railway station bearing the same name.The first courtyard of “Palazzo Vecchio”, with a porphyry fountain by Battista del Tadda. On the left “Samson and Philistine”, a work by Pierino da Vinci.The “Basilica di Santa Croce” (Basilica of the Holy Cross) is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians: Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Foscolo and Rossini rest inside this church. On the left a statue of Dante Alighieri by Enrico Pazzi.Giotto's Campanile in “Piazza del Duomo” is the free-standing bell tower of the “Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore” (Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower), the cathedral church of Florence.The central part of the “Ponte Vecchio” (Old Bridge).

More Walks

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Theme Day: Fences

The fence of the off-leash dog area in “Piazza della Vittoria”.

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