Italy - Map and Views

Italia (Italy) map and views of:

Milano, Roma, Livorno, Pisa,
Venezia, Firenze, Napoli, & Taormina

Foto: Enzo Grillo

This was postmarked in 2009.

Italy - Amalfi Coast, A Set of 16 Postcards

1. Positano

View 

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2. Positano

Night View 

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3. Positano

View

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4. Coast of Amalfi, The 'Little Madonna'

on the road Positano 

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5. Amalfi's stretch of coast

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6. Valley of the marine Gods - Cave of the emerald

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7. View and Cathedral

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8. Panorama View

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9. Historical Regatta

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10. The Cathedral

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11. Night view

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12. View 

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13. Amalfi and the coast - View from the craft

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14. Ravello

The panorama from Rufolo Vila

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15. Ravello

Villa Rufolo - View from the airplane

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16. Ravello

Gardens 

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This set was bought in 2009. 

Italy - Amalfi, Three Shaped Postcards

 Amalfi, Italy

IL Duomo

The name Amalfi on the top is cut out in the shapes of the letters.

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Costiera Amalfitana

The Coast of Amalfi

I love that this postcard is in the shape of a shell.

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Costiera Amalfitana
The Coast of Amalfi

This postcard is in the shape of a fish - The fins and face are also covered in silver glitter!

All three of these postcards are from 2009. 

Italy - Atrani on the Amalfi Coast

Atrani, Italy
Photo: Andrea De Luca Edizioni
2009

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Atrani is a city and comune on the Amalfi Coast in the province of Salerno in Italy. It has a surface area 0.12 km2 making it the smallest community in all of Italy.

Italy - Amalfi Coast

Amalfi Coast, Italy
UNESCO World heritage

Photos: Brenda Perez
2015

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The Amalfi Coast is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Salerno Gulf in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy.  It is a popular tourist destination for the region and Italy as a whole, attracting thousands of tourists annually.

In 1997, the Amalfi Coast was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a cultural landscape.

Italy - Pisa, Piazza Del Duomo

Pisa
Piazza Del Duomo
2009

Italy - Pisa, The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower
The construction was begun in 1174 from the architect Bonanno Pisano and finished in 1350 from Tommaso Pisano.  The height is m. 58.36 (100 braccia pisane)  The weight is t. 14.453.  The vertical yielding is of approximately m. 2.36.  The maximum slope from the top to the center or the base is m 5.22.  The increment of slope until 1993 was off mm. 1.2 every year.  After consolidation jobs during 11 years the Tower reopens the 15/12/2001 whit (should read with?) an inclination reduced of cm. 38.

It is constituted from 8 shelves comprised the bell cell where there are 7 bells that reproduce 7 musical notes (Assunta Crofefisso san Ranieri, Pasquareccia, Dal Pozzo, Terza, Vespruccio).

The top of the Tower is caught up with a helicoidal scale of 293 steps.

From the top of the leaning Tower Galileo Galilei carried out its experiments around the gravity laws.
2009

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This is the most confusing postcard I've ever read!

Italy - Pisa, The Leaning Tower of Pisa at Sunset

Pisa
Il Campanile
2009

Italy - Pompei, Shaped Letters

Pompei (Pompeii)
Il Tempio De Giove (Temple of Jupiter)

The sender writes:
This place is amazing!  It's so sad though.
2009

Italy - Map 2009

Italy
Map
2009

Italy - Florence Cathedral, Balloon Express

Firenze, 1992 - 2012
Balloon Express
Cavalcata dei Magi, Cattedrale Santa Maria del Fiore di Firenze
Umberto Visitini / New Press Photo

(translation from an on-line translator - -
Cavalcade of the Magi, Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence)

The sender writes:

This is a collector's commemorative postcard celebrating 10 year anniversary of the most unique ballon shops in the world.

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The Cavalcade of Magi is a traditional parade of the Magi. They ride through the streets, as their page boys throw candies to children.

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I started looking on line at all the different balloon activities and there are MANY!  I had no idea.  There is even a World Balloon Convention every year.  The sculptures are amazing.  However, it seams none of the artists are good at taking videos, so there are none worthy to share here.

If you are interested is seeing some of the balloon art though, I highly recommend you do a computer search for large balloon sculptures.  Beware, it is a bit of a time killer though once you start.  I ended up looking at videos and pictures for far much more time than I care to admit to. 

Italy - Naples, Napoli, Saint Lucy

Napoli, Italia
Scorcio panoramico via Partenope e Santa Lucia

Naples, Italy
Foreshortening panoramic street Partenope and Saint Lucy
2009

Italy - Amalfi - II Duomo

Amalfi - II Duomo - Italy

This postcard is of the cathedral in Amalfi and is postmarked in 2009.

Italy - Vieste Beach

The sender writes:

We are writing from Vieste.  This place is in the south of Italy.  As you can see in this postcard, it has many beaches...And now (summer time) it is FULL of tourists!
2015

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In mediaeval times, the port of Vieste was frequently attacked by pirates and by enemies of the Kingdom of Naples. In 1554 around 5,000 inhabitants were executed by the Turks, on the grounds that they were too elderly or sick to merit transportation into slavery.

Italy - Perugia, Notaries Hall

Perugia
Sala dei Notari
Notaries Hall
2009

Italy - Florence, Firenze Multiview

Firenze (Florence)
Incanto Notturno (Enchanted Evening)
Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge)
Panorama
La Catterdrale (The Cathedral)

Photo's by Atlantide
2015

The sender writes:
So far my trip has been a great experience and the weather is absolutely amazing.  I'm constantly walking the streets and feeling surprised by all the wonderful views.  And some Italian men look quite nice too  ;-)

Italy - Campanile Basso

Campanile Basso, Italy

Dolomiti de Brenta (Trentino - Italy)
II Campanil Basso a 2887 m., a primi giorni gi ottobre, alle ore 6,45
2009

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Campanile Basso is a mountain in the Brenta group (It.: Dolomiti di Brenta), a subgroup of the Rhaetian Alps in the Italian Region of Trentino-Alto Adige, with a height of (2,883 metres (9,459 ft)). It is of a slender, almost fully vertical shape on all sides, rising 300 metres straight up. The mountain is named for its similarity in shape to a belltower (It.: campanile) and it being low (It.: basso).

Italy - Russian Church at Sunrise

Riviera Ligure (Italian Riviera)
Sanremo (City in Italy)

La chiesa Russa allo spuntar del sole
(The Russian Church at Sunrise)
2009

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This gorgeous structure can be referred to as a legacy of Maria Alexandrovna, Russian Empress.
The Church was consecrated to the Saviour and St Catherine and is a fairly eccentric monument. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, many Russians decided to spend their winters in San Remo, this was due to the tsarina Maria Alexandrovna who had spent an unforgettable winter season in San Remo in 1874 and then "promoted" it once back in her country. The Church was finished in 1913 and it is slightly similar to the church of San Basilio in Moscow.

Italy - Genova, Porta Soprana

Genova
Porta Sporana
Casa di C. Colombo (Christopher Columbus' House)
2009

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Porta Soprana:
These two impressive towers were part of defensive walls that were surrounding the whole city.
During the French revolution the guillotine was kept here, and one of hangman’s used to live on top of one tower. 

Italy - Cattolica, Maggio Square - The Fountain of the Sirens

Cattolica

Riviera Adriatica
Square 1° Maggio
Piazzale Maggio - La Fontana delle Sierene
Maggio Square - The Fountain of the Sirens
2014

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I found a couple of places on-line that suggests that the fountain was built in 1928 by Giuseppe Canalini of Forli.