Morning Light

The simple central window on the raw façade of “San Ferdinando”.

See also: San Ferdinando - Inside San Ferdinando

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Signs in French

Shop signs in French are not so common as the English ones, here is a furniture restorer in “Via Cesare Battisti”.A “café” in “Corso Mazzini”.A sandwich shop in “Via Fiume”.

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Reflected “Capitana”

The “Capitana” bastion of the “Fortezza Vecchia”, with reflection.

See also: Capitana - Fortezza Vecchia

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Open Bridge

The faraway end of the “Molo Mediceo” is my favorite part of the port and where the pilots are based. To reach it one has to cross a swing bridge, almost always closed to allow traffic through.I caught it open a few days ago, while the superyacht “Bistango” was coming back into the “Darsena Nuova” (New Harbor), where she is normally berthed.

See also: Pilots - Swing Bridge - Bistango & Reborn

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Early March Sun

A corner of “Palazzo de Larderel”, on its namesake street.Prisoner in a hair salon window on the “Scali Saffi”.The normal back of the half-dome of the “Cisternone”.A balcony painted to match the façade in “Via Micali”.A cat on a window sill in “Via del Fagiano” (Pheasant Street).

More Walks

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Street Names

“Via del Metallo” (Metal Street)

“Via della Vecchia Casina” (Old Little House Street)

“Via del Fagiano” (Pheasant Street)

See also: Anchovies Street - Narrow Streets, Long Names - Low and Dark

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10th Port

There are probably not many restaurants in the world named after a battalion of the U.S. Army. “Decimo Porto” is exactly 10th Port, which was, in the last war, a unit of the 7th Sustainment Brigade.On September 1, 1944, the 10th Port deployed to the heavily damaged port at Leghorn, Italy, where the unit continued to support U.S. Fifth Army. On November 25, 1945, the 10th Port assumed responsibility for port operations at both Naples and Leghorn. Although the war in Europe ended on May 8, 1945, the 10th Battalion still had to run the ports while units departed the continent. It was finally inactivated on January 31, 1947.

(U.S. Army Sea Tales by Walter L. Grey Jr.)

“Decimo Porto” (10th Port), at the time and after the war, became another name for Livorno.

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