Le foto della splendida città di Assisi e dei luoghi di vita di San Francesco che da molto tempo sono ormai su questo sito ma per le quali non avevo mai fatto un post singolo.
L’autrice di questa e di tutte le altre foto è la signora Fazzini.
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Un classico della Francia: Mont Saint-Michel.
Il famosissimo isolotto tirale (che si unisce e distacca dalla terraferma a seconda delle maree) francese su cui sorge lo splendido santuario dedicato a San Michele Arcangelo.
Le foto erano state scattate dalla signora Savina.
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La baia in cui sorge l’isolotto roccioso è soggetta al fenomeno delle sabbie mobili, descritte da Victor Hugo, ma è soprattutto nota per l’eccezionale ampiezza delle maree (circa 14 metri di dislivello) che, anche a causa dell’andamento piatto, montano con grande rapidità (si dice con la velocità di un cavallo al galoppo): questo ha causato talvolta annegamenti e più di frequente disagi per le automobili lasciate parcheggiate troppo a lungo nelle parti più basse. Le maree della baia hanno molto contribuito all’inespugnabilità del monte, rendendolo accessibile al minimo della bassa marea (via terra) o al massimo dell’alta marea (via mare).
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Giotto's Bell Tower in Florence.
There probably wouldn't even be any need to write what is portrayed in the photo but anyway, for those who really don't know, it is the wonderful bell tower of the Florence cathedral, built by Giotto.
Obviously in HDR.
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Photo taken with Canon 600D.
Giotto's Bell Tower is the bell tower of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Cathedral of Florence, and is located in Piazza del Duomo. Its foundations were dug around 1298 at the beginning of the construction of the new cathedral, when the master builder was Arnolfo di Cambio. In 1334 Giotto di Bondone took over the role of master builder. Vasari, in the Life of Giotto, reports his arrival "in the year 1334 on the 9th of July, at the bell tower of Santa Maria del Fiore", when he immediately began to work on the construction of the first floor of the bell tower, ignoring - according to Giovanni Villani - the construction of the basilica.
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Ponte Vecchio in Florence.
A beautiful photo of the most famous bridge in Florence and perhaps in the world was missing: Ponte Vecchio, the bridge that crosses the Arno River.
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The Ponte Vecchio is a bridge that crosses the Arno River in Florence, approximately 150 metres downstream from the area where the river naturally has one of the narrowest points within the city, in its stretch upstream from the Cascine.
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The Roman Forums seen from the Colosseum.
A beautiful glimpse of the Roman Forums portrayed from an aisle of the Colosseum.
When you are in Rome you really don't know which way to look!
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Obelisk of Minerva in Rome.
The obelisk of Minerva in Piazza Santa Maria sopra Minerva which as a base, bored by Bernini, has a marble statue depicting a small elephant.
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The Obelisk of Minerva is one of the nine Egyptian obelisks of Rome, located in the Piazza della Minerva (the square of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva). The obelisk is positioned on the back of a marble elephant, sculpted by Ercole Ferrata based on a design by Bernini in 1667; the entire monumental complex is also popularly known as the Pulcin della Minerva: “pulcino” in the dialect of the time meant “porcino”, referring to the elephant “for its small size and round shape”.
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La Cattedrale di Naoussa nell’isola di Paros.
Le isole Cicladi sono famose soprattutto per le spiagge e i divertimenti, ma quasi ognuna di esse in realtà presenta anche edifici religiosi di un certo interesse; uno di essi è la cattedrale di Naoussa, sull’isola di Paros. Questa chiesa ortodossa domina la cittadina dall’alto del centro storico, a poche decine di metri dalle discoteche e dagli affollatissimi bar in cui i turisti trascorrono la maggior parte delle loro serate.
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The Vittoriano in Rome.
One of the most famous monuments in Rome, which strangely is not as old as one might think, is the Vittoriano.
Normally and also a little erroneously, it is often called the Altar of the Fatherland because in addition to the statue of Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy, the first King of Italy, there is also the statue of the Unknown Soldier.
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The National Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II or (Mole del) Vittoriano, improperly called the Altar of the Fatherland, is an Italian national monumental complex located in Rome in Piazza Venezia, on the northern slope of the Campidoglio hill, designed by architects Ettore Ferrari, Pio Piacentini and Giuseppe Sacconi. It was built starting in 1885, with the works that concluded in 1935: however, the official inauguration and the simultaneous opening to the public had already taken place in 1911, on the occasion of the events connected to the International Exhibition of Turin, during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. From an architectural point of view it was conceived as a modern forum, an agora on three levels connected by stairways and surmounted by a portico characterized by a colonnade.
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Pisa: statua di Angeli e la famosa Torre.
La foto di una torre che probabilmente già tutti avete visto ma presa forse da una posizione particolare con in primo piano a statua di Angeli di piazza dei Miracoli.
Ovviamente siamo a Pisa e la torre pendendo è il secondo soggetto della foto, in HDR.
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Addirittura ho scoperto che c’è anche un sito, che però non mi sembra ufficiale, sulla Torre più famosa al mondo.
Ecco dove si trova la piazza dei Miracoli:
