Sunday, September 23, 2012

Cemeteries, Churches, and Beer

From a free tourist map distributed throughout Livorno:Waldensian church and cemetery on a map, LivornoOur friend Matteo should be quite worried looking at this map: the Old English Cemetery has become a “Cimitero Valdese” (Waldensian Cemetery). The former Anglican church of Saint George is here a Waldensian church (it is Catholic), while the actual Waldensian temple is marked simply as a church.Churches of via della Madonna on a map, LivornoIt gets even better in “Via della Madonna” where they got all the churches wrong. From left to right we should have the former Armenian church of “San Gregorio Illuminatore” and the Madonna church. The recently restored church of the “Santissima Annunziata” is in the right position, but with a wrong name.
In the bottom right corner “Via Pieroni”, named after the renowned architect Alessandro Pieroni, is spelled like an Italian brand of beer.

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13 comments:

  1. DinaSeptember 23, 2012 at 12:29 AM

    Oi veh. Giving tourists this map is not exactly a confidence-building measure. I hope it is not published by the municipality.
    Maybe the map-drawer and the proofreader first did a tour of Beer Street.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2012 at 12:34 AM

    Thank you for this inspiration very much, as I shall check an alike for over here. Can't remember when last I had a beer.
    Please have a good Sunday.

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  3. madmatsSeptember 23, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    Better if I do not comment... another two arms stolen to agricultural works ;)

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  4. tapirgalSeptember 23, 2012 at 3:32 AM

    Someone is more interested in beer than in history. I think that could be multiplied exponentially if we took a survey.

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  5. JackSeptember 23, 2012 at 4:35 AM

    From what I have been hearing about iPhone 5, this could have been Apple's map.

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  6. Stefan JanssonSeptember 23, 2012 at 11:06 AM

    As long as I can find all the bars in town, I'm happy.

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  7. AriannaSeptember 23, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    Mappa turistica da poco...ciao, Arianna

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  8. BirdmanSeptember 23, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    Well, one out of three ain't bad. hahahaha

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  9. La sonrisa de HiperionSeptember 23, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    Estupendas siempre las cosas que nos dejas.

    Saludos y un abrazo.

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  10. Cezar and LéiaSeptember 23, 2012 at 5:29 PM

    I love the colors in this city map! Livorno is such a beautiful place. I hope to visit there soon! :)
    Léia

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  11. PerthDailyPhotoSeptember 23, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    There's going to be a lot of confused tourists VP..

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  12. Traveling HawkSeptember 23, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    I'll keep this in mind when I come to Livorno!

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  13. MerisiSeptember 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM

    That's what too much beer does to you! ;-)


    It is a shame, though, publishing such crap.

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