Theme Day: Tranquility

Early Sunday afternoon in “Piazza della Vittoria”.

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Via del Fagiano

Some really wild urban green seen through the window of an abandoned building in “Via del Fagiano”.Same street, a curious and repeating pattern of ventilation holes of an utilities cabinet.

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Liberty of the Seas

All the cruise ships calling at the port of Livorno usually arrive in the early morning and leave in the late afternoon for another night of sailing. Some passengers are watching from their balconies during the departure of the “Liberty of the Seas”.The 339-meter ship, which carries 3600 passengers and a crew of 1300, is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International.The tug “Francesca Neri” is escorting the “Liberty of the Seas” beyond the entrance of the port.

External links: MS Liberty of the Seas - Royal Caribbean International
Search labels: Cruise ship - tugboat

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666 & No Cops

Clearly this is not a Clet Abraham's work, perhaps somebody wrote the Number of the Beast on a traffic sign... with stickers!This “No Cops” is less diabolic, but slightly more disturbing.

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Steamhip in Port

Another of the new planters in “Piazza Attias”, decorated with a reproduction of “Vapore nel porto” (Steamhip in port) by the Livornese painter Mario Puccini.

“Vapore nel porto” (Steamhip in port, 1915) by Mario Puccini

See also: The Big Red A - The New Attias - The Red Tower - Lungomare di Antignano

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The Waters of Health

A not-so-subtle way of alluding to the curative powers of the “Acque della Salute” (Waters of Health).A panoramic view of the thermal baths in 1912.

(Postcards digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)

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Certificates

The Municipality of Livorno is proudly announcing that you can get your certificates on line, but the Count of Cavour looks perplexed...
In Italy a “certificato” is an official-looking piece of paper which, usually but not always, states something related to an individual for the use of a third part. In this post we are speaking of documents issued by a municipality, so you may have a “certificato di residenza”, stating the exact address where you live or a “stato di famiglia”, listing all the cohabiting components of your family. You can even ask for a “certificato di esistenza in vita” which states that you are still alive, which may sound quite funny, but this obviously redundant piece of paper is sometimes needed when you are receiving a pension.

See also: Cavour - Piazza Cavour
External links: Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (Wikipedia)

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