Porta San Marco

“Porta San Marco” (Saint Mark's Gate), September 2012

“Porta San Marco” (Saint Mark's Gate), early 1900s

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

See also: San Marco - Enrico Bartelloni - New English Cemetery - Lion of Saint Mark

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Bicycle Touring

The owner was taking some pictures of the “Amerigo Vespucci”, but he was not losing sight of his bike...

(Picture taken last September)

Search labels: bicycle art
External links: Bicycle Art

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Second Place?

On November 30 “The Places I Love” census has finally come to an end. Looking at the online votes our Dutch Church is only fourth, but there are still a lot of paper votes to be officially counted, and this will take time. Snooping around I have found some interesting data on local websites, which I summarize in the following table:

Place	Online votes	Paper votes	Total
Reggia di Carditello	3565	25000	28565
Parco e Castello di Miramare	3109	20000	23109
Castello Svevo	2727	13000	15727
Tempio della Congregazione Olandese Alemanna	2023	24000	26023

At best, this is an educated guess based on available and unconfirmed data, but Livorno will come out a close second. Thanks to everyone who has helped us!

External links (in Italian):
Nelle mani delle associazioni più di 25mila firme
Ora faremo pesare i ventimila voti raccolti per Miramare
Circa 13.000 le segnalazioni per il Castello Svevo
Più di 24000 firme per salvare la Chiesa degli Olandesi

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That Maya Thing...

“Should we gulls be worried about this Maya thing?”

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Tatoosh

“Tatoosh” is a 92-meter luxury yacht owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. We have already seen his 127-meter “Octopus” last year.

“Tatoosh” was built in 2000 by Nobiskrug at their Rendsburg shipyard on the Eider River, in Germany. The reported sale price in 2001 was $100 million. Since May 2010 the boat is up for sale with Fraser Yachts. (Pictures taken last September)

See also: Octopus
Search labels: yacht
External links: Octopus - Tatoosh (Wikipedia)

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Smart AK-47

Livorno is a fertile ground for would-be revolutionaries, but I would have never imagined to see a camouflaged Smart car with a red star and a Kalashnikov.

See also: Smart Love - Nine Smarts - Smart Love II - Smart Forever
Search labels: Smart

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More Tactile Routes

The Central Post Office chicane is my favorite part of our newly installed tactile paths. By the way, on the left billboard you can read this reassuring piece of news: “Forgotten in a operating room, he was under anesthesia”.

The absolute masterpiece of these routes is a short section lying in “Piazza Cavour”, leading straight against the wall of a bank. The graffiti shows the usual appreciation and respect of some of our more outspoken citizens for police officers.

See also: Tactile Paths - 1312 - Kiss the Police

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