An oversize jagsaw puzzle piece outside a nursery school.
The historical “Sezione Borgo” (local branch) of the former Italian Communist Party. The flag is of a more recent political faction.
The funny facade of a stationery and copy shop.
A gate made of leaves...
A notice of the nearby “Cantina Senese”: return your empties!
We have already seen in another post how much Audrey Hepburn is still so popular here and, probably, elsewhere.
After signs and t-shirts, now is the turn of handbags.
This Christmas tree is in front of the Cathedral, in “Piazza Grande”. Not much of a tree and even slightly leaning, but our new bishop is a Pisan after all.
“Christmas 2010 is the first beautiful thing” quotes the title of the movie filmed in Livorno in 2009: “La prima cosa bella”.
At work we have this quite original Christmas tree decorated with computer parts: connectors, memory sticks and fans. Garlands are made from printer ribbons and cables.
“L'esule” (The Exile) is a sculptural group made around 1840 by the sculptor Temistocle Guerrazzi (Livorno 1806-1884). The work shows an exile ready to cross the border, in the sad act of leaving his family to seek refuge abroad.
The statue was bought by our Municipality in 1889 and was placed in the front yard of the “Gherardesca” compound in 1904.
