Amalfi Coast

The Amalfi Coast  is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Salerno Gulf in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy. The Amalfi Coast 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.

Once Upon a Time: industrial archeology

These photographs were taken in the fifties

14-Nov25_26
FORNO DI RICOTTURA A GAS PER TUBI DI RAME
15-Nov25_27
FORNO DI RISCALDO PER COPPER WIREBARS
16-Nov25_28
TRAFILERIA
01-Nov25_12
BLOCCO DI TRAFILA BARRE DI OTTONE
02-Nov25_13
BLOCCO DI TRAFILA BARRE DI OTTONE
03-Nov25_14
GRANDE BAnCO PER TRAFILATURA TUBI (BANCO DA 80t)
04-Nov25_15
TRAFILERIA VERGELLA RAME
05-Nov25_16
Trafileria vergella rame
06-Nov25_17
Wirebars
07-Nov25_18
Laminatoio vergella (Serpentaggio)
08-Nov25_20
Serpentaggio

09-Nov25_21

10-Nov25_22
raddrizzatrice per barre di grosso calibro , manuale a torchio (Con Ercole incorporato)

11-Nov25_2312-Nov25_24

13-Nov25_25
cordatrici per fili di rame

PITTI PALACE

Palazzo pitti

PALAZZO PITTI (Pitti Palace), is a vast mainly Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy.
It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker.
The palace was bought by the Medici family in 1549 and became the chief residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It grew as a great treasure house as later generations amassed paintings, plates, jewelry and luxurious possessions.
In the late 18th century, the palazzo was used as a power base by Napoleon, and later served for a brief period as the principal royal palace of the newly united Italy. The palace and its contents were donated to the Italian people by King Victor Emmanuel III in 1919, and its doors were opened to the public as one of Florence’s largest art galleries. Today, it houses several minor collections in addition to those of the Medici family, and is fully open to the public.

Florence in a photo that looks old

TFIhe Florence Baptistery or Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistry of St. John) is a religious building in Florence (Tuscany), Italy.
The octagonal Baptistry stands in both the Piazza del Duomo and the Piazza di San Giovanni, across from the Duomo cathedral and the Giotto bell tower (Campanile di Giotto). It is one of the oldest buildings in the city, built between 1059 and 1128, which has the status of a minor basilica.