A View on Venice

A view of the Venice quarter from Scali Finocchietti. (Already posted on Instagram)
Una veduta del quartiere Venezia dagli scali Finocchietti. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Beyond the Bridge

Via Castelli, seen from the Fortezza Nuova (New Fortress)
Via Castelli, vista dalla Fortezza Nuova.

Blackfriars Bridge

Ponte dei Domenicani (Blackfriars Bridge), Scali del Vescovado. (Already posted on Instagram)
Ponte dei Domenicani, scali del Vescovado. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

(Yes, we have our own Blackfriars Bridge...)
(Sì, anche noi abbiamo il nostro Blackfriars Bridge...)

From the Santa Trinita Bridge

The Venice quarter, seen from the Holy Trinity bridge. (Already posted on Instagram)
Il quartiere Venezia, visto dal ponte di Santa Trinita. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Via Castelli

Buildings in Via Castelli seen through the bridge of Scali del Pontino. (Already posted on Instagram)
Edifici in via Castelli visti attraverso il ponte degli scali del Pontino. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Scali del Pontino

A building and its reflection, Scali del Pontino. (Already posted on Instagram)
Un edificio ed il suo riflesso, scali del Pontino. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Under the Bridge

The “cantina” (rowing club) of the Venezia quarter, under the Santa Trinita bridge. (Already posted on Instagram)
La cantina del quartiere Venezia, sotto il ponte di Santa Trinita. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Santa Trinita

The Santa Trinita (Holy Trinity) bridge, Via della Cinta Esterna. (Already posted on Instagram)
Il ponte di Santa Trinita, via della Cinta Esterna. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Rio Maggiore

The new footbridge on the Rio Maggiore, off Via dei Pelaghi. (Already posted on Instagram)
La nuova passerella sul Rio Maggiore, nei pressi di via dei Pelaghi. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Seafood

A “Frutti di Mare” (Seafood) kiosk on the San Benedetto bridge.

See also: San Benedetto bridge

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The Bridge is Working!

The new footbridge to the Fortezza Vecchia is working. Here you can see it from the Porta del Duca toward the Scalo Regio: I have just crossed it and the bridge is now opening to let a boat pass.

Assembling the Bridge - Waiting for the Bridge - The New Bridge

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See also: Fortezza Vecchia - Piazza dei Grani - Scalo Regio - Porta del Duca
Search labels: Fortezza Vecchia

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Boccale & Calafuria

One of the most striking points of our coast is the Castello del Boccale (Boccale Castle). [Photo by Maurizio]

The Torre di Calafuria (Tower of Calafuria) and the unusual structure of the road bridge. Just behind it we can see the railway bridge. [Photo by Maurizio]

See also: The Castle's Jetty - The Calignaia Bridge - Walk... on Water
- Castello del Boccale - Torre di Calafuria - Calignaia - Castel Sonnino - Green Lizard's Bay

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The Calignaia Bridge

The Calignaia bridge was built in the early 1950s and has a span of 100 meters. On the north end of the bridge there is a renowned restaurant with a spectacular view on the sea. [Photo by Maurizio]

There is a similarity between this structure and the Bixby Creek Bridge, in California. Faraway, under the arch, we can see the railway bridge. [Photo by Maurizio]

See also: The Castle's Jetty - Walk... on Water
- Castello del Boccale - Torre di Calafuria - Calignaia - Castel Sonnino - Green Lizard's Bay
External links: Bixby Creek Bridge (Wikipedia)

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Ponte Nuovo

A view of the Fosso Reale (Royal Canal) with the Ponte Nuovo (New Bridge), seen from Scali d'Azeglio. The building on the left hosts the Istituto Nautico Alfredo Cappellini, our nautical institute.

See also: Alfredo Cappellini

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Assembling the Bridge

Half of the new bridge, with the sliding part visible, safely moored in a day with 100 km/h (70 mph) winds.

On Friday, two days later, most of the footbridge is already in place.

From afar, we can easily see the retractable part in the middle and the fixed pontoons on the sides.

See also: Waiting for the Bridge - Fortezza Vecchia - Piazza dei Grani - Scalo Regio - Porta del Duca
Search labels: Fortezza Vecchia

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Waiting for the Bridge

The new footbridge between Piazza dei Grani and the Fortezza Vecchia will be installed in the course of this week. Some preparatory works were already done last Friday, to protect the flagstones from the weight of the heavy crane.

The crane was already in place yesterday: it will be probably used to lift the preassembled floating bridge and deploy it on the water of the canal below. In foreground, on the right, the “buca del grano”.

See also: Buca del Grano - Fortezza Vecchia - Piazza dei Grani - Scalo Regio - Porta del Duca
Search labels: Fortezza Vecchia

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Old Friends

Old friends on a bridge, Scali del Pontino. (Picture taken last May)

Search labels: from behind

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Santa Trinita Bridge

The Santa Trinita bridge is one of the main access point to Livorno from the north and the cargo area of the port. It has been damaged several times by trucks and never repaired.

The above picture was only an aperitif: as you can see the real damage lies a bit ahead.

The same damaged part seen from below. Considered the kind of traffic, it is incredible that a bridge like this has been built without a guard rail.

See also: Theme Day: Perspective - On the Bridge

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The Isthmus of Crocetta

About a year and half ago I wrote about the non-bridge of Crocetta, the strange result of the works for the new canal in our historical Venice quarter. After four years since the dig started and a couple of years since it was completed, there is still a pile of dirt where a new bridge should have been. The reddish girder across the canal in foreground should have been one of the two projected footbridges, the other one is a grayish line just below the yellow building in background.

The soil has now been secured with barriers and concrete, so the non-bridge has become an real isthmus.

This will be another welcoming sign for the tourists coming in town from the new bus terminal, planned just outside the walls, across the isthmus.

See also: A New Canal - The Non-Bridge of Crocetta
Search labels: new canal
External links: Isthmus (Wikipedia)

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On the Brink

Last week a car crashed through part of the railings of the Ponte del Mercato and almost fell off, stopping on the brink. The usual and ubiquitous barriers have been deployed...

See also: Ponte del Mercato

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