Sunday, October 4, 2015

Four Palms

Piazza del Municipio, Livorno
After few months of works, the other half of Piazza del Municipio is taking shape: here they were transplanting four huge palm trees. These photos were taken in mid September, the square is now complete and we will see it soon.
Piazza del Municipio, Livorno
Piazza del Municipio, Livorno
I keep missing the fascination of our city with this kind of trees, already present in the part of the square refurbished a few years ago.

Work in Progress - The Other Half
Town Hall - Palazzo Granducale - Piazza del Municipio - Municipal Building - Town Hall Facade

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14 comments:

  1. LoisOctober 4, 2015 at 1:28 AM

    Those palm trees must be really big to require such a large crane!

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  2. RevrunnerOctober 4, 2015 at 1:58 AM

    Wow! That one HECK of a potted plant.

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  3. LowellOctober 4, 2015 at 3:59 AM

    I love the square. It will look fantastic when done. Palm trees have a special pull - perhaps because they symbolize tropical warmth and breezes. Ocala is right on the edge of palm tree weather. Some can stand colder weather but others can't. Three big trees froze in our yard before we bought the house.

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  4. DinaOctober 4, 2015 at 8:38 AM

    Many criticized our mayor for recently spending thousands to line the entrance road to town with rows of tall palms.
    But your four will be just enough and add lots to the piazza, I think. Glad you got the historic pictures of the cranes in action.

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  5. GunnOctober 4, 2015 at 10:23 AM

    I find it exotic to see trees like these .....

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  6. Luis GomezOctober 4, 2015 at 2:14 PM

    Beautiful shots! I think the palms will look great.

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  7. PerthDailyPhotoOctober 4, 2015 at 4:07 PM

    The four palm trees will add that tropical touch, looks good when they put in mature trees to start with, instant result!

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  8. SharonOctober 4, 2015 at 5:29 PM

    It's amazing the amount of work to move a palm tree. The square looks great.

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  9. BirdmanOctober 4, 2015 at 7:16 PM

    I hear there a palms in Ireland too. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

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  10. William KendallOctober 4, 2015 at 7:47 PM

    That's a whole lot of work!

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  11. RedPatOctober 4, 2015 at 10:25 PM

    Palm trees always seem so exotic to us northeners!

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  12. JackOctober 5, 2015 at 3:06 AM

    I think four large palm trees will look good there.

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  13. EG CameraGirlOctober 5, 2015 at 2:50 PM

    I bet it looks great with the palm trees!

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  14. UnknownOctober 10, 2015 at 4:08 PM

    Palm Trees keep dying here, not even one around my house has survived...

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