Photos, videos and docs of Annalia S., with the keywords: "Italy"

hometown at nightfall

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:25:50 +0000

This is Belluno, the town where I was born and raised. It lies at the foot of the Dolomites and on the confluence of the Piave River with one of its affluents, the Ardo.

I took this after dining out with my family and I had left my purse with my sister in law to take a short walk with my youngest nephew to the town's oldest bridge spanning the Piave. When I told him I would have liked to photograph the scene but that the light would not last long enough for me to go get my purse and come back, he offered to run to his Mom and get me what I needed. Being a teenager, of course he came back with my phone instead of my camera :D

In the PIPs: houses in one of the oldest sections of town and a glimpse of the bell tower designed by architect Filippo Juvara.

stornelli fiorentini

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:11:37 +0000

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Sant'Ambrogio square is on my route home from work and a coveted spot for street musicians (see www.ipernity.com/doc/2518356/50885646).

This time it was the turn of a trio singing/playing the typical Florentine "stornelli" - folk tunes featuring often humorous tales of the life of the common folk: love, betrayal, rotten luck, mischievous youngsters, nasty bosses, sassy women and not so holy clergymen. While not quite as popular as other groups, they did have an appreciative audience, who giggled and laughed out loud at some of the (sometimes heavy-handed) humor. The singer took a break to go get some cool water for himself and his partners, so he only appears in the PIP, where he's singing the woes of a husband coming home to find his wife closeted in the barn with the next-door farmer.

The Wound (PIP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:44:46 +0000

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An installation by French artist JR on the façade of Palazzo Strozzi, representing the wound inflicted by the pandemic to cultural institutions. The b/w photographic collage visualises a rip in the physical structure of the building that reveals its interior, in part real (the colonnade of Palazzo Strozzi's courtyard), in part imagined (rooms hosting art exhibitions and libraries), creating an arresting contrast to the brown stone of the Palazzo.

In the PIP: a glimpse of the actual interior courtyard seen past its b/w photographic counterpart.

For more info: www.palazzostrozzi.org/en/archivio/exhibitions/jr

waiting benches - HBM! - (PIP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:21:42 +0000

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Benches at Piazza Savonarola's city park.

Happy Bench Monday, everyone!

I apologise in advance if I won't be able to visit much. Next three days at work promise to be pretty exhausting ...

Chi si ferma sogna - HBM!

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 18:20:28 +0000

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Inner court yard of the Murate complex.

The sign reads something like this: “Those who stop, get to dream”.

HBM and have a dreamy week, everyone!

Le Murate - HFF! (PIPs)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:12:32 +0000

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Florence's old jail, known colloquially as "Le Murate" (the Walled-in)*, was gradually restructured between 2001 and 2010 and turned into a residential complex (with some spaces used for public functions). The architectural design maintained, and in a sense "played" with, the institutional look of the old buildings, while contriving ways to add some "relief" to the old cells by adding originally shaped balconies and bow windows, and by repurposing as balconies/hanging gardens the old gangways that connected different cell blocks (see first PIP). Large steel bracings were used inside to open up the walls connecting cells in order to create larger rooms and apartments.

* The vernacular name of the jail does not, however, refer to the prison inmates, but rather to the original inhabitants of the cells: before being turned into a jail, this complex was in fact a convent for cloistered nuns and was originally built as a complex of cells, with only a few large common areas.

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY and may you be as free as a bird this weekend!

life in the park - HBM!

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Sun, 30 May 2021 20:24:41 +0000

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Piazza Indipendenza, around noon. Some seek the shade for their lunch break, some nap in the sun, And some others share the bread crumbs from some half eaten panino ... :)

Have a nice week ahead, everyone!

Prato's fences (PIPs) HFF!

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:11:48 +0000

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Stairs leading to the entrance to the Buonamici Garden in Prato.
In the PIPs:
1. the lady in red - Prato's Palazzo Pretorio square;
2. the blue umbrella - Prato's Emperor's Castle;
3. shoe-decorated wheelchair ramp at Prato's university campus.

HAPPY FENCE FRIDAY, everyone!

fountain fence (with PIP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 08:47:49 +0000

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Fountain fence with reflections and shadows at the Conservatory in Prato (larger view in the PIP).

Happy Fence Friday, everyone!

Il Girone, looking upriver

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:32:55 +0000

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A small hamlet just a few kilometres from Florence, Il Girone (Italian for "the big turn") looks on to a bend in the course of the Arno River, in a spot where one of the old river dams hinders the water flow creating a pool that makes for very pleasant reflections. The villa that can be seen in the distance is Villa la Massa, currently a 5 star hotel. I don't know what created the mist/smoke behind the Villa. Perhaps a field cleaning fire or possibly just the humidity from the river beginning to raise as evening approached.

still water reflections

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 09:16:29 +0000

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Dodging the construction work in progress on Lungarno Corsini, it was still possible to get this shot of the reflections on the unusually still water of the Arno.
Hope everyone is having a good week!

on fire

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:27:29 +0000

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At first I was thrilled by this fiery sunset that gave the impression of setting the trees of the Anconella riverside park on fire, but once I had the image up on my computer screen, I could not help but think about the wild fires in the West Coast of the US and the bush fires in Australia last year. Sending my thoughts out to all the victims (human and animal) who are paying for what we have all been doing to Nature.

evening comes

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:34:00 +0000

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Santa Lucia alla Castellina

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:23:37 +0000

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A view of the hills above Sesto Fiorentino as the sky threatens to bring a downpour (which never materialized). The sunlit building is the convent and church of Santa Lucia alla Castellina. On the more distant hill a cluster of communication relay antennas.

Via Torta (PIP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:53:41 +0000

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The City Neighborhood Council building in Via Torta, with wrought iron window grates casting shadows in the late morning. Via Torta (in the Tuscan parlance, "Crooked Street") is named for its snake-like lay out and unusual rounded buildings.
In the pip: a lady from the neighborhood walks home with her shopping.

HFF and a great weekend to all!

piazza Santa Croce

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:25:01 +0000

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The stuccoed façade of Palazzo dell'Antella in Santa Croce square.
In the PIP, the square and church from a different angle.
Normally, this time of year it would be crowded with tourists despite the scorching heat, but, as you can see, this year we have much fewer visitors, who get to enjoy the city without having to deal with the crowds. Much easier to keep social distances too :)

across the river

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:11:39 +0000

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a glimpse of the sunlit buildings across the Arno river, taken from the pleasant shade under the trees of the riverside garden in Piazza Poggi (where I also enjoyed a tasty panino from the Easy Living Kiosk).
The tower of the Palazzo della Signoria looks closer than it is in reality from this perspective. On the right hand side, part of the brownstone building of the Biblioteca Nazionale.

falling apart but still charming

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:43:30 +0000

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This week I found several interesting fences I wanted to share with you, so I am using up my full allotment of 3 HFFs per week :)))

The old gazebo in the garden of Piazza Demidoff seems to be in such serious disrepair to require fencing off and danger signs. I liked the colors and the light on the terrace garden in the background.

HFF!!!

rooftop gardens (1 PIP)

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:01:09 +0000

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Florence's palazzos with rooftop gardens across the Arno River from the bike path.

In the Pip: a wider shot, with the lichen infested Lungarno wall in the foreground-

HFF from Italy!

nobody@ipernity.com (Annalia S.) — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:43:43 +0000

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A flag (Italians fly the national colors to show unity in the face of the pandemic) and morning shadows on the brick walls of a condominium.

HFF and a great weekend to all!