A Rotunda

The ceiling at the entrance of the ISIS Niccolini Palli, Via Goldoni branch.
Il soffitto dell'ingresso dell'ISIS Niccolini Palli, sede di via Goldoni.

The School on the Canal

Antonio Benci elementary school, Scali degli Olandesi. (Already posted on Instagram)
Scuola elementare Antonio Benci, scali degli Olandesi. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Piazza Vigo

This building was once the liceo scientifico Federigo Enriques (Federigo Enriques science high school), Piazza Vigo. (Already posted on Instagram)
Questo edificio è stato una volta il liceo scientifico Federigo Enriques, piazza Vigo. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Eight Windows / 3

Antonio Benci elementary school, Via Bernardina. (Already posted on Instagram)
Scuole elementari Antonio Benci, via Bernardina. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

See also: Eight Windows - Eight Windows / 2

FS Class 835

An old FS Class 835 locomotive in the front yard of the Micheli elementary school.

(Already posted on Instagram)

See also: Giuseppe Micheli School - The Locomotive
External links: FS Class 835 (Wikipedia)

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ITIS Galileo Galilei

Many still call it ITI (Industrial Technical Institute), without the recently added ‘S’.

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An Imposing Window

Detail of a window of the Antonio Benci elementary school, Scali degli Olandesi. (Already posted on Instagram)

See also: Antonio Benci School - Benci Panorama

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The Repainted Gate

A detail of the freshly repainted gate of the Edmondo De Amicis elementary school.

See also: De Amicis School - Inside De Amicis

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Minerva

#Livorno - 

Head of of the goddess Minerva (with owl) above the main entrance of the Antonio Benci elementary school, Scali degli Olandesi. (Already posted on Instagram)

See also: Antonio Benci School - Benci Panorama

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Danger Sign

A well placed danger sign near a figure in a Keith Haring-inspired mural at the Painted School.

See also: The Painted School - Photos of the Painted School
External links: Keith Haring (Wikipedia)

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Scuola Elementare Montenero

A “mural” of ceramic tiles dated 1961 on the wall of the Montenero Elementary School.

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Fire Escape

The fire escape stairs landing of a school, with a dish antenna. This is just in front of “All Clean”.

See also: All Clean

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Benci Panorama

I am getting a taste for panoramic views: this one was stitched together from three overlapping photos.

See also: Antonio Benci School

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Election 2013

As usual, in case of an election, I spent last weekend in my old school which hosted four polling stations. The last times I posted some of the children's works, but now it is more funny to show you the official poster with the 16 parties competing in Tuscany for 18 of 315 Senate seats. By the way, with a fifth of the population, Italy needs three times the senators of the United States...

The number of the lists increases to 19 on the poster for the election of 38 “deputati” (representatives) to our 630-member lower house. If you care to see even more of the 215 fancy party symbols registered with the Ministry of Interior, please check this pdf file.

See also: De Amicis School - Inside De Amicis - Friends Near and Far
External links: Italy Votes for Chaos and the Euro Crisis Is Back (Bloomberg)
- How Beppe Grillo's social media politics took Italy by storm (The Guardian)
- Italy’s Political Mess: Why the Euro Debt Crisis Never Ended (Time)
- Ungovernability wins (Economist)

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Scattered Clouds

Scattered clouds reflected in a window of the Antonio Benci elementary school.

See also: Antonio Benci School - Benci

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School with a Tower

The tower of the former villa which now hosts the “Dal Borro” elementary school in “Via Montebello”.

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Giuseppe Micheli School

The elementary school Micheli, in piazza XI Maggio, is named after the military engineer Giuseppe Micheli. The original building was inaugurated in the summer of 1889, just in time for the first day of class.The original building was a two-story structure, which quite soon proved to be inadequate to the growing school population of the times.In the early 1920s the problem was solved adding another story to the building.

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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Photos of the Painted School

A photo exhibit on The Painted School will open today (5 PM) at the B. Arte Gallery in via Sardi.The images will show us the making of the murals, their authors at work and the finished school.Yes, some of the pictures on display are ours...

See also: The Painted School

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Liceo Niccolini Guerrazzi

In a vintage postcard, the building that once housed the Giovanni Battista Niccolini gymnasium and the Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi liceo classico, after 1952 liceo classico Niccolini Guerrazzi.Today the slightly restructured building is part the “Niccolini-Palli” secondary instruction institute. At the end of the street, in both images, we can see the side of the “Teatro Goldoni” entrance portico.

(Vintage postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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The Painted School

Following the idea of a teacher and with some external help, a group of students of the institute Colombo has painted the walls of the school with reproductions of some famous artists' works.

Leonetto Cappiello

Piet Mondrian

Osvaldo Cavandoli

Keith Haring

See also: Photos of the Painted School - Leonetto Cappiello
External links: Leonetto Cappiello - Piet Mondrian - Osvaldo Cavandoli - Keith Haring (Wikipedia)

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