Ram Head

Ram head on a large vase, Villa Fabbricotti.
Testa d'ariete su un grande vaso, Villa Fabbricotti.

The Side of the Museum

A view of Villa Mimbelli, which hosts the Giovanni Fattori Museum. (Already posted on Instagram)
Una veduta di Villa Mimbelli, che ospita il Museo Giovanni Fattori. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Villa Bateman

The gate of Villa Bateman, in Viale Mameli. (Already posted on Instagram)
Il cancello di villa Bateman, in viale Mameli. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

Via Nazario Sauro

One of the villas on Via Nazario Sauro.

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Villa Jana, Quercianella

A recent view of Villa Jana in Quercianella, Livorno

A panoramic view of the area from a 1923 postcard

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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See also: Villa Jana - Trillian's Walk - Green Lizard's Bay - Baia del Rogiolo - Quercianella

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A Lazy Dragon

An iron dragon lazily leaning against a wall in “Via Roma”.

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Pergola and Amphoras

A blue-sky version of one of the turrets of this villa.

See also: Pergola Turrets

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Villa Jana

“Villa Jana”, or “Castel Jana” as modestly written on a plaque at the main gate, is a striking structure in eclectic style built in 1921 in the outskirts of Quercianella.Quercianella, an administrative division of Livorno, is a lovely seaside resort and the southernmost part of our Municipality.The belvedere of the villa faces the bay on the south of the Romito headland, dominated by “Castel Sonnino”.The villa has a turreted access to a small jetty...... and to a pebble beach nearby.

See also: Villa Jana, Quercianella

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Castello del Boccale	Torre di Calafuria	Calignaia	Castel Sonnino

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The Final Pair

This is our last set of turrets, belonging to a pair of identical villas.A turret is still open while the other is closed by windows.The two villas share a large pool on the back of the buildings.Both houses sport ornate corner balconies. This is our last stop along “Viale Italia” and, for a while, we are done with turrets.

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Sideways - Twins - Pergola Turrets

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Pergola Turrets

We have already seen some extravagant turrets along this tract of “Viale Italia”, but these are different.The turrets have a pergola supported by multiple columns.In an excellent corner location, the villa has a lot of green around.Another look at the turret decorated by amphora-like vessels.

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Sideways - Twins - The Final Pair

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Twins

Back to the normal facades on “Viale Italia”, where we have this time our first, but not last, case of twin villas.The buildings are painted different colors, like twins who wish to dress differently.

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Sideways - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair

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Sideways

The first villa of the new block has as much as two turrets but is strangely facing a side street of “Viale Italia”.Its facade, which is the side, on the avenue is not so impressive.From “Villa Letizia” the pair of turrets is perfectly visible.

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Twins - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair

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Villa Letizia

This is a view from the roof terrace of “Villa Letizia” toward the hills southeast of Livorno. The first tower is the old reservoir of the villa, the bell tower in the middle of the picture belongs to the church of Saint Simon, in “Ardenza Terra”. Near the top of the hills we can see Montenero and its Sanctuary. The strange address of the villa is “Via dei Pensieri”, or Street of Thoughts.The villa was built in the first years of 18th Century amidst a huge park. It was completed in 1873 by a new owner, David Bondi, who restored the villa and built the reservoir tower.In the last years of the 19th Century the “Ippodromo” (racetrack) was built in northern part of the park.
Now the main building is an educational facility with an off-campus degree course of the University of Pisa. Computer related training courses are hold here quite often.On the southern end of the park, where the main entrance once was, the original “belvedere”, is wrapped in scaffolding. From up there they could see the sea just across the avenue that is now “Viale Italia”.

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Near a Castle

After miniature castles and Moorish mansions, the last “palazzina” of this block has a quite normal and elegant look.Most of the pictures posted these days were taken on the “surfers” Saturday, as you can see from the ominous sky, along with some archive images. It has been raining almost daily since, and fresh photos are difficult to get.

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Sideways - Twins - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair

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Hotel Gennarino

We have already shown you a five star and a four star hotel, just in case you happen to be in Livorno. Here is a relatively more modest choice, the three star “Hotel Gennarino”.Definitely a small castle, this building is obviously part of the series on “Viale Italia”.The hotel is just opposite the “Accademia Navale”, within walking distance of several “bagni” (beach resorts).

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Near a Castle - Sideways - Twins - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair
Grand Hotel Palazzo - Hotel Gran Duca

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Moorish Mansion

When I said “last turret” it was only in merely topographic terms, because there are still several villas to be seen on “Viale Italia”.It is definitely in Moorish style and, as any other villas in this place, it was built in the 1930s.The turret is quite elegant and the whole thing is perfectly kept.I'm afraid you'll have to expect few more of these fancy buildings in the next days.

See also: Viale Italia - The Last Turret - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Sideways - Twins - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair

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The Last Turret

At the southernmost end of the villas along “Viale Italia” we have this peculiar building: its turret is not high, but absolutely typical.This last villa borders on the trees around the “Caprilli” racetrack.A detail of the top of the turret and an exotic shaped window, quite at odds with the modern rolling shutter.

See also: Viale Italia - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Sideways - Twins - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair

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Viale Italia

Everybody would love a house with a turret, even better if from there we can see the sea...On four blocks on the “Viale Italia”, just in front of the “Accademia Navale”, we have a dozen of nicely turreted villas in Eclectic style, built around the 1930s and projected by Fosco Cioni, a capable designer without any official qualification.In this case the postcard is only seventy years old and the angle slightly different, but almost everything else remains the same.

See also: The Last Turret - Moorish Mansion - Hotel Gennarino - Near a Castle - Sideways - Twins - Pergola Turrets - The Final Pair

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