Palazzo Ciampi

On the right side of the Cisternone, facing the the square with the same name, we find Palazzo Ciampi, built between 1830 and 1840, with its characteristic and elegant semicircular facade, probably a design by the archittect Pasquale Poccianti (1774-1858), the same of the above mentioned Cisternone.

See also: Half-Dome Fad - Cisternone

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Canale della Giudecca

As our friend Jack would say, we are out of jurisdiction posting pictures of cruise ships slowly sailing along the Canale della Giudecca, after leaving the port of Venice at sunset.

But Wind Surf and Celebrity Solstice are, so to speak, old friends: we have already seen both of them in Livorno last year. (Pictures taken in Venice last September)

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See also: Wind Surf - Celebrity Solstice

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October

Seen in the window of an art gallery in Corso Mazzini: “Ottobre” (October) by Andrea Agostini, the same author of “Sogni segreti” (Secret Dreams).

See also: Secret Dreams

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Election 2013

As usual, in case of an election, I spent last weekend in my old school which hosted four polling stations. The last times I posted some of the children's works, but now it is more funny to show you the official poster with the 16 parties competing in Tuscany for 18 of 315 Senate seats. By the way, with a fifth of the population, Italy needs three times the senators of the United States...

The number of the lists increases to 19 on the poster for the election of 38 “deputati” (representatives) to our 630-member lower house. If you care to see even more of the 215 fancy party symbols registered with the Ministry of Interior, please check this pdf file.

See also: De Amicis School - Inside De Amicis - Friends Near and Far
External links: Italy Votes for Chaos and the Euro Crisis Is Back (Bloomberg)
- How Beppe Grillo's social media politics took Italy by storm (The Guardian)
- Italy’s Political Mess: Why the Euro Debt Crisis Never Ended (Time)
- Ungovernability wins (Economist)

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Music Pavilion

The “Padiglione della Musica” (Music Pavilion) was built in 1935 by the architect Ghino Venturi, when the “Terrazza Mascagni” was still named after the local Fascist leader, Costanzo Ciano.

Destroyed in the Second World War, the structure was rebuilt in 1998 as closely possible to the original and now it is called simply “Gazebo”.

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

Search labels: postcard - Terrazza Mascagni
See also: Terrazza Mascagni - Gazebos

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Luigi Orlando

Senator Luigi Orlando is getting more and more perplexed at the changes going on around him...

See also: Sunset - Porta a Mare - What Time Is It?

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Theme Day: Cafe Chairs

Rattan cafe chairs and tables under the porticoes of Via Grande. Please note the palladian flooring ...

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