A collection of fascinating old photographs of Palermo, Messina, Siracusa, and other Sicilian towns during WWII. On the night of 9–10 July 1943 the Allied… Hidden in the Convent of Santa Maria dei Monti at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome, there is one of the largest and… The Mose is a complex engineering project designed to protect Venice from flooding. The name stands for Electromechanical Experimental Module. The realization of the project… Calcio Fiorentino (also known as Calcio Storico) is a sport that recalls a game called harpastum in Latin is an early form of soccer (football…
24 Old Photos of the Allied Invasion of Sicily, 1943
The hypnotic anamorphic image hidden in Santa Maria dei Monti, Rome
Venice tests Mose floodgates in full for the first time
Calcio Fiorentino, what is it, images and history of the ancestor of football
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Striking Old Photographs of Sardinia in 1919
A series of rare images from the American National Red Cross photograph collection (Library of Congress) describing a poor country, plagued by malnutrition, tubcolosis and widespread poverty. Related articles: Sa Femina Accabadora, The Lady of the Good Death In 1919 Italy had just emerged from the First World War and the wounds of the conflict…
5 Great Movies by Sergio Leone (with trailers and wallpapers)
Sergio Leone is considered one of the greatest masters of Italian cinema thanks to films such as the trilogy of dollars (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) with Clint Eastwood and Once Upon a Time in America. His spaghetti westerns, as they were called the…
The dreamy illustrations of Antonio Rubino
Antonio Rubino, influenced by the Liberty style, has often been associated with Futurism for his surreal illustrations. Related: The Manifesto of Futurist Cooking, A Meal that Prevented a Suicide, Codex Seraphinianus, the surreal encyclopedia by Luigi Serafini, E.U.R.: The square Colosseum Antonio Rubino, born in Sanremo in 1880 and died in Bajardo in 1964, was…
24 Old Photos of the Allied Invasion of Sicily, 1943
A collection of fascinating old photographs of Palermo, Messina, Siracusa, and other Sicilian towns during WWII. On the night of 9–10 July 1943 the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky began. The collapse of fascist Italy necessitated German troops to be relocated to Italy, weakening the Eastern Front of Germany. After 38 days of…