Piazza della Vittoria

Sorry for the “mark”, but the usual slobs keep posting these postcards without acknowledging the source.

The “Monumento ai Caduti” (Monument to the Fallen) in Piazza della Vittoria in a vintage postcard

The same monument in a recent image

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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See also: Fallen - Santa Maria del Soccorso

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Theme Day: People on the Street

A group of people in Piazza della Repubblica, but they do not look like tourists...

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

See also: Piazza della Repubblica - Two Grand Dukes

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Bike Sharing

At last, someone noticed our very expensive and practically unused bike-sharing bicycles: nobody uses them, but some thieves broke a couple of racks stealing five bikes.

This happened in Piazza del Municipio, just in front of the central municipal police station and Town Hall.

Considered that almost everybody can afford at least an used bike, the money for this project would have been better spent on fighting bicycle theft, the real reason why a lot of people do not use a bike in town. But “repression” is not fashionable...

See also: Five-Thousand-Euro Bicycles - Waste of Money - A Diabolical Endeavour
- Piazza del Municipio - Town Hall
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Guard Tower

No, this is not a prison, but just a corner of the wall surrounding the Naval Academy compound.

External links: Italian Naval Academy

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Choccolandia 2014

Do you have ever thought about a chocolate camera? You can easily find one at Choccolandia, the annual chocolate fair that comes in Livorno with its imaginative assortment of cocoa-laden objects.

Roses are not a problem, but they only come in brown...

You can always find less fancy sweets: orange peel in dark chocolate is one of our favorites!

See also: Choccolandia - Sicily in Tuscany - Hardware
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Torm Trader

The flashy bridge castle of the “Torm Trader”, a 229-meter Panamax bulk carrier built in 2010.

External link: Panamax - Bulk carrier (Wikipedia)

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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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