The historic center of Parma and one of its alleys.
It is a pleasure to visit the beautiful Emilian city of Parma and its historic center. Many alleys (well kept) with many shops and artisan workshops.
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L’accesso alla famosa piazza rotonda di Varese Ligure.
Questo piccolo vicolo è uno dei due accessi a piazza Fieschi, uno dei simboli della cittadina dell’entroterra ligure.
Come si vede già da questa foto le case e gli archi precedono in maniera circolare e lo si vede bene dall’alto.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 11-22.
This is a video walking in Piazza Fieschi the famous circular square of the village:
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Commissioned by the Fieschi family for the control and defence of the Varese area, it is made up of identical stone houses arranged along the perimeter which, with an elliptical shape, enclose the two main squares (Piazza Fieschi and Piazza Castello), where the commercial activities, warehouses and laboratories were located in the porticoes below.
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Uno scorcio di Camogli, il bel borgo marinaro in Liguria.
Appena dietro la basilica di Santa Maria Assunta e al castello della Dragonara c’e’ un piccolo agglomerato di casette con qualche vicoletto quasi segreto.
Questo e’ quello che vi troverete di fronte passeggiandovi con l’immancabile filo per stendere i panni, posto tra una casa e quella di fronte, tanto comune nei borghi di mare.
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Qui vi lascio anche un paio di video, che ho realizzato sempre in quel giorno, nel porticciolo di Camogli:
The most significant architectural aspect of the town is the presence of colored buildings overlooking the beach. The colors and the lighter horizontal lines (called string courses) served the sailors of Camogli to more easily recognize their home among the various floors of the buildings in the village and return there after fishing.
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Il loggiato della chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello a Genova.
Quanti siano i gioielli che sono racchiusi nel centro storico di Genova non sono ancora riuscito a saperlo.
Ogni volta che vado in “esplorazione” trovo qualcosa di inaspettato e di bellissimo.
Come la splendida chiesa di Santa maria in Castello con i suoi splendidi tre chiostri di qui, il secondo, vi metto in questo post.
This is the official website of the church: santamariadicastello.it.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-S 10-18.
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Si apre sul secondo chiostro ed è raggiungibile dall’atrio, al primo piano si trova l’Annunciazione, pittura murale di Giusto d’Alemagna del 1451; sulla volta, crociere con foglie fiammeggianti e tondi con Sibille e Profeti, anch’essa risalente al Quattrocento.
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Un arco basso del centro storico di Brugnato, un bel borgo ligure.
Un vicolo del centro storico del bel borgo di Brugnato che passa sotto ad un arco decisamente basso.
Bisogna chinare la testa per passarci.
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Between the 7th and 8th centuries, following the conquest of Liguria by the Lombards, the Columban monks of Bobbio, who followed the rule of Saint Columbanus and continued their work of evangelization, built a monastery that over time grew to become a religious and economic nerve center. The birth of Brugnato is therefore linked to the foundation of the abbey which, like other monastic sites in Liguria and northern Italy, depended on the abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio.
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Una creuza di Portofino il famoso borgo ligure.
Per salire dal centro del borgo di Portofino, dalla celebre piazzetta per intenderci, al faro o anche solo alla chiesa di San Giorgio si percorre una bella creuza (la tipica stradina in salita ligure, spesso riconoscibile dal centro della carreggiata in mattoni).
Questo e’ appunto il primissimo tratto in salita.
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Since the great influx of foreign guests – first British and then German – in the early twentieth century, Portofino’s economy has been closely linked to tourism. The local “Piazzetta” overlooked by public refreshment areas, shops, boutiques and other commercial activities was recognized in July 2012 as a Historic Place of Italy, the first and only certificate issued by the association of the same name, for its historical and cultural value.
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A glimpse of the alleyway of Rapallo
A short walk in the centre of Rapallo along the beautiful Via Mazzini (the alley), the pedestrian street where people stroll on winter afternoons, the beating heart of this beautiful Ligurian city.
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Caruggio or Carruggio, (a word that in the “official spelling” of Genoese should be written (Caroggio and pronounced Caruggiu, because in Ligurian the O is pronounced U), is the term used to indicate a street or alley, even a portico, typical of Ligurian historic centers. The term derives from the Latin quadrivium, or from the more popular quadruvium.
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The slam arches in an alley in Brugnato, Liguria
Finally, after many years of research, I managed to learn something more about these arches that connect the houses in the narrow and typical alleys of Ligurian villages.
Thanks to my friend Marina who finally revealed to me on one of my social media that they are called slam arches and have the function of helping the stability and resistance of buildings especially when they are a short distance from each other.
This beautiful alley with several slamming arches is in Brugnato, the beautiful medieval village in the province of La Spezia.
Con il nome corretto è stato facile trovare in rete qualche bell’articolo che ne descrive la funzione: ilcapochiave.it.
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Between the 7th and 8th centuries, following the conquest of Liguria by the Lombards, the Columban monks of Bobbio, who followed the rule of Saint Columbanus and continued their work of evangelization, built a monastery that over time grew to become a religious and economic nerve center. The birth of Brugnato is therefore linked to the foundation of the abbey which, like other monastic sites in Liguria and northern Italy, depended on the abbey of San Colombano di Bobbio.
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Un vicoletto del centro di Lavagna in Liguria.
Uno dei diversi vicoletti del centro storico di Lavagna.
I colori pastello e sul fondo della via l’inizio di una fila di portici.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 11-22.
The alleys of the historic center of Parma.
Walking in the beautiful historic center of Parma among craft shops, good food and history.
It is very reminiscent of one of the Ligurian caruggi of which I often post photos here.
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