Thursday 20 August 2009

Taranto - Postcard


Taranto - Palazzo RR Poste e Telegrafi




1940's postcard..

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Tuesday 18 August 2009

Pisa - River Arno - early morning


Early morning in Pisa - blue sky ....



River Arno ...

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Monday 17 August 2009

Pisa - River Arno





Strange looking trees line the banks of the River Arno in Pisa



Very thin branches and lots of top growth ....

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Sunday 16 August 2009

Pisa - Early morning ...


Early morning - quiet street in Pisa ..



Houses very typical of the area . Lots of rain was keeping people at home !!

Saturday 15 August 2009

Pisa - S. Croce In Fossabanda 2


When you stay in a hotel bedroom you often wonder who has been there before you ..

Well in this case monks and nuns - they have inhabited the cells ( now guest bedrooms ) for the past several hundred years.


The long corridors with the cells - many adorned with medieval motifs above the doors.


Comfortable rooms now - I would imagine that the monks and nuns would have found them cold in a wet Italian winter ...

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Pisa - S. Croce In Fossabanda


Yes it may look like a nunnery or a monastery but now it's a hotel !!

A former convert for Dominican nuns and at one time made over to Franciscans this is a very very old building . It's also been quarantine hospital but in 2000 the work was started to convert it into a hotel.



Very convenient for the city centre - it's a hotel I can recommend ..

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Saturday 8 August 2009

Catania


Catania - Quattro Canti e Via A. di Sangiuliano

1940's postcard.

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Monday 3 August 2009

Livorno - Postcard



Livorno - Piazza Vittorio Emanuele




1940's postcard.

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Saturday 1 August 2009

Rome - Trevi Fountain


The Trevi Fountain - a bigger picture ... !!!




Are you ready to throw your coins in the fountain ??

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