Fast boat on Lake Como

This looks quite a speedy boat here on Lake Como.

Another image from 1987.

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Catania

Catania - Via Umbert I

1940's postcard.

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Livorno - Cisternone

The Cisternone is one of the neoclassical cisterns built between 1829 and 1848 to provide and clean water for Livorno.

It is part of the purification plant for the Leopoldino aqueduct.

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American Red Cross - Postcard 2

Another 1940's post card from the American Red Cross in Italy

Sets the wartime scene .. spot the G.I.'s 

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Livorno- Small boats

Livorno has a large inner harbour where you will find all the small pleasure boats.

All lined up an ready to go - but not perhaps on a wet January day !

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Florence - Perseus

Perseus - a very fierce looking guy !! Here in Florence.

The legendary founder of Mycenae. 

He was the hero who killed Medusa and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster,

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Treviso

Treviso - Porta S. Tommaso

1940's postcard.

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Rome - typical .....

Typical Roman street scene - plenty of cars - people milling about ..

Not far from the centre of Rome.

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Lake Como

Scanned from picture taken in 1987 - this is Lake Como

 ( Lago di Como )

I'm not sure where it is but the village may be Bellagio - certainly a very pretty scene.

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Treviso

Treviso - Viale Cesare Battisti.

1940's postcard.

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