Theme Day: Movement

There is a lot of movement in Livorno: cars, scooters, bicycles... The city is even ruled by a movement! My favorite kind is obviously on the water, so I am showing you a boat of the “Gruppo Ormeggiatori Barcaioli” (Boatmen and Mooring Services) of the port of Livorno.

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The Gate of the Parterre

The recently restored gate of the Parterre, now Sandro Pertini park. The pillar in background is what is left of a monumental fountain once placed at the corner of Via Garibaldi with Via Galilei. The statue on the top represents Hygieia, the goddess of health. On the body of the column we can find other symbols.

See also: Parterre - Caduceus - Mascaron Fountain
External links: Hygieia (Wikipedia)

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Aquiloni in Festa

“Aquiloni in Festa” (literally “Kites in Feast”) is an annual event at the Terrazza Mascagni.

Last Sunday this festival of sorts attracted kite-flying lovers from the rest of Tuscany.

It was a beautiful day, but a bit more wind would have been great.

See also: Terrazza Mascagni
Search labels: Terrazza Mascagni

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Grand Masters

In the park of Villa Fabbricotti we can find the busts of two preeminent Livornese Freemasons: Adriano Lemmi (Livorno, 1822–Florence, 1906) and Alessandro Tedeschi (Livorno, 1867–Saint-Loubès, 1940).

Adriano Lemmi, as Grand Master from 1885 until 1895, was able to reunite all the Masonic observances of the peninsula under the Grande Oriente d'Italia (Grand Orient of Italy).

With the advent of the Fascist Era, the Freemasonry was outlawed in Italy and the Grand Orient of Italy was reorganized in France where, in 1931, Alessandro Tedeschi became Grand Master in exile. During the war he was actively sought after by the Gestapo as a Jew, a Mason, and an anti-Fascist. He died in 1940, just before they were able to arrest him.

External links: Grand Orient of Italy

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Fosso in Fiore

A couple of years ago we saw the first traces of an urban farm on Scali del Refugio.

Now it is a hanging garden of sorts facing the canal and a sign call it “Fosso in Fiore”, which is literally “blooming canal”.

See also: Urban Farm

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Via Paoli

Bicycle below a dilapidated window against a newly painted and already tagged wall, at the corner of Via Paoli with Via dell'Origine. With weeds.

Search labels: bicycle art
External links: Bicycle Art

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Noordam

The 285-meter “Noordam” was built in 2006 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Venice.

She can carry 1916 passengers with a crew of 800.

External links: MS Noordam - Holland America Line (Wikipedia)
Search labels: cruise ship

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