Monday, April 2, 2012

Not Handles

Ornate door handle or knocker, via Indipendenza, LivornoIt is not easy to call these things door handles because there is not a visible handle anymore.
Ornate door handle or knocker, via Indipendenza, LivornoThey are on the front door of a building in “Via Indipendenza”, just opposite “Palazzo Uzielli”and its snakes.

See also: Handles - Three Handles - More Handles - Palazzo Uzielli - Snakes

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Theme Day: Cobblestones

New cobblestones in via delle Vele, Livorno“Via delle Vele” (Street of the Sails) just after being repaved with new cobblestones.

External links: The sampietrino & stone-cutting (Around Naples Encyclopedia)


Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Eyes, the Mouth

Bicycle lane sign with lipsticked mouth, Clet Abraham, piazza della Repubblica, LivornoSome more of Clet Abraham's imaginative stickers: a bicycle lane sign with a lipsticked mouth.No entry sign, guy with a handsaw, Clet Abraham, piazza della Repubblica, Livorno A guy with a handsaw at work on the bar of a no entry sign.

Search labels: Clet Abraham
External links: Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)

Friday, March 30, 2012

Caffè Made in Italy

Caffè Made in Italy, via Gramsci, Livorno“Caffè Made in Italy” in “Via Gramsci” is not a cafe, but a wholesale distributor of coffee and coffee-related products. The logo on the sign is the stylized emblem of the Italian Republic.
Caffè Redi, via Redi, Livorno“Caffè Redi” is, well, in “Via Redi”

External links: Caffè Made in Italy (in Italian)

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Pink House

A pink house in via delle Grazie, LivornoNot exactly the “Casa Rosada”, but a normal pink house in “Via delle Grazie”.

External links: Casa Rosada

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Angels & Demons

Angel, Clet Abraham, piazza della Repubblica, LivornoLet's see some more of Clet Abraham's work: an angel ...Devil with a trident, Clet Abraham, piazza della Repubblica, Livorno... and a demon in “Piazza della Repubblica”.

Search labels: Clet Abraham
External links: Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Donkey or Wild Boar?

Donkey and wild boar coppiette: strips of meat spiced and dried, food fair, LivornoFrom the last food fair in “Piazza XX Settembre”: donkey and wild boar “coppiette”, which are strips of aromatized meat that has been doubled on ropes for drying.

See also: Food Fair - Salami & Cheese - Sweets - Polenta - Hot Peppers - Drunken Cheese - Cassata and Cannoli