
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
The four continents (1)

They have since been restored, based on old photographs preserved in the Civic Museum of History and Science.
And so finally the missing pieces are in place. Here we begin with the head of Africa. Over the next few days, I'll be posting the new hands.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Flowers??
Mural on the gate to the incinerator. It's very interesting to see the way it works. And of course no one doubts that only flowers come out of the chimney stack...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Palinuro's lifeboats

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Long live the bride and groom

It stands just outside Samatorza village, in a quiet and isolated area.The style of the front is particularly interesting. On top of it, is a stone flat belfry with three bells.
The latest restoration of the building was accomplished in 2005.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Nereid

The Nereides (or Nereids) were fifty Haliad Nymphs or goddesses of the sea. They were the patrons of sailors and fishermen, who came to the aid of men in distress, and goddesses who had in their care the sea's rich bounty. Individually they also represented various facets of the sea, from salty brine, to foam, sand, rocky shores, waves and currents, in addition to the various skills possessed by seamen. The Nereides lived with their elderly father Nereus in a silvery cavern at the bottom of the Aegean Sea. The Nereid Thetis was their unofficial leader, and Amphitrite was the queen of the sea. Together with the Tritones they formed the retinue of Poseidon.(source)
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Lessons in Triestine dialect (2)
In Piaza Granda xe un monumento
de Carlo Sesto, del Mile e Seizento
che sufi vento, che sufi bora
tuti i colombi ghe svola sora.
de Carlo Sesto, del Mile e Seizento
che sufi vento, che sufi bora
tuti i colombi ghe svola sora.
Nella Piazza Grande (oggi Piazza Unità ) c'è un monumento
di Carlo Sesto, del Milleseicento
Che ci sia vento che ci sia bora
tutti i piccioni gli volano sopra.
di Carlo Sesto, del Milleseicento
Che ci sia vento che ci sia bora
tutti i piccioni gli volano sopra.
In Piazza Grande (today Piazza Unità ) there's a monument
of Carl the sixth, from the seventeenth century.
Be it gusty, be there the bora wind,
all the pigeons fly all over him.
of Carl the sixth, from the seventeenth century.
Be it gusty, be there the bora wind,
all the pigeons fly all over him.
These are the official lines of an old Triestine song. The verb "svola" ("vola", "fly") was usually replaced by a much more colourful verb.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Where is our summer?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Three's company

When there's no wind, the only way to move at all is to stand up and steer the helm back and forth. Sooner or later, a gust of wind will get the fun going.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Bagno marino

Sunday, July 5, 2009
pointless points
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Theme day: empty
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