Advent Calendar. The sights and sounds on December 1: a parade and installing the main Florentine Christmas tree

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Raphael exhibition, Rome, part 1

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Move over Nutella, the real thing is better!

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Piazza della Repubblica, then and now

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The Piazza Santa Croce in 1954.

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Piazza Santa Croce nel 1954.

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Selling of fish from the Arno river, in 19th century Florence

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Seller of Arno fish, using squashes as containers. 
Venditore di pesci d'Arno con le classiche zucche come contenitore.

Florence today! It’s that time again!

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 / get back, laurettadimmick / Leave a comment

Piazza della Republicans and the department store, Rinascente

The old Station Maria Antonia, Florence

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Long, long before there was a Stazione Santa Maria Novella in Florence, there was Maria Antonia station.

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Massimo Vavolo No, la stazione Maria Antonia – ora SMN – non esiste più, la Leopolda, a Porta Prato, riciclata per convegni, eventi etc., sembra sia per essere privatizzata.