giovedì 2 gennaio 2014
lunedì 30 dicembre 2013
sabato 23 novembre 2013
sabato 12 ottobre 2013
giovedì 12 settembre 2013
giovedì 1 agosto 2013
Le Dolomiti in Vespa
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| Il Sassolungo |
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| La Vespa ;) The site of the Dolomites comprises a mountain range in the northern Italian Alps, numbering 18 peaks which rise to above 3,000 metres and cover 141,903 ha. It features some of the most beautiful mountain landscapes anywhere, with vertical walls, sheer cliffs and a high density of narrow, deep and long valleys. A serial property of nine areas that present a diversity of spectacular landscapes of international significance for geomorphology marked by steeples, pinnacles and rock walls, the site also contains glacial landforms and karst systems. It is characterized by dynamic processes with frequent landslides, floods and avalanches. The property also features one of the best examples of the preservation of Mesozoic carbonate platform systems, with fossil records. UNESCO World Heritage Centre Purtroppo non in Italiano :( |
martedì 16 luglio 2013
La Via della Seta - Uzbekistan
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| Bukhara - Moschea Kalon |
The Historic Centre of Bukhara, situated on the Silk Roads, is more than two thousand years old. It is one of the best examples of well preserved Islamic cities of Central Asia of the 10th to 17th centuries, with an urban fabric that has remained largely intact.
Bukhara was long an important economic and cultural center in Central Asia. The ancient Persian city served as a major center of Islamic culture for many centuries and became a major cultural center of the Caliphate in the 8th century.
With the exception of a few important vestiges from before the Mongol invasions of Genghis Khan in 1220 and Temur in 1370, the old town bears witness to the urbanism and architecture of the Sheibani period of Uzbek rule, from the early 16th century onwards. The citadel, rebuilt in the 16th century, has marked the civic center of the town since its earliest days to the present,
Important monuments that survive from early times include the famous Ismail Samanai tomb, impressive in its sober elegance and the best surviving example of 10th century architecture in the whole Muslim world. From the 11th century Karakhanid period comes the outstanding Poi-Kalyan minaret, a masterpiece of decoration in brick, along with most of the Magoki Attori mosque and the Chashma Ayub shrine. The Ulugbek medresseh is a surviving contribution from Temurid. With the advent of the Sheibanids came some of the most celebrated buildings of Bukhara: the Poi-Kalyan group, the Lyabi-Khauz ensemble, the Kosh Medresseh and the Gaukushon medresseh in the Hodja-Kalon ensemble. Later buildings from this phase of Bukhara´s history include monumental medressehs at important crossroads: Taki Sarafon (Dome of the Moneychangers), Taki-Tilpak-Furushan (Dome of the Headguard Sellers), Tim-Bazzazan, and Tiro-Abdullah-Khan. In the early 17th century fine buildings were added, including a new great mosque, Magoki Kurns (1637), and the imposing Abdullaziz-Khan medresseh (1652).
However, the real importance of Bukhara lies not in its individual buildings but rather in its overall townscape, demonstrating the high and consistent level of urban planning and architecture that began with the Sheibanid dynasty.
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
domenica 23 giugno 2013
Luna rosa
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| Luna rosa |
The Moon upon her fluent Route
Defiant of a Road -
The Star's Etruscan Argument
Substantiate a God -
If Aims impel these Astral Ones
The ones allowed to know
Know that which makes them as forgot
As Dawn forgets them - now -
The ones allowed to know
Know that which makes them as forgot
As Dawn forgets them - now -
Emily Dickinson
sabato 11 maggio 2013
Arcobaleni!
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| Arcobaleni |
That gust and storm are by -
Yet is she more convincing
Than Philosophy.
My flowers turn from Forums -
Yet eloquent declare
What Cato could'nt prove me
Except the birds were here!
Yet eloquent declare
What Cato could'nt prove me
Except the birds were here!
Emily Dickinson
giovedì 25 aprile 2013
A Praga
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| La sinagoga di Pinkas - Praga |
No Man Is An Island
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
John Donne
sabato 23 marzo 2013
Giornata FAI di Primavera
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| Oratorio di San Gregorio |
Castel d'Aviano
L'esterno del quattrocentesco oratorio di San Gregorio è ornato da un portichetto in facciata, mentre l'interno è un'aula con soffitto a capriate: protagonista è il ciclo di affreschi del 1497 dovuto al pennello di Gianfranco da Tolmezzo.MAGNIFICO!
martedì 19 febbraio 2013
lunedì 14 gennaio 2013
mercoledì 12 dicembre 2012
domenica 11 novembre 2012
sabato 20 ottobre 2012
A Roma per Vermeer ... e non solo
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| Il MAXXI |
Non è a Parigi e OVVIAMENTE l'autore non è Doisneau ... che in questi giorni, oltretutto, non è al MAXXI ma al Palazzo delle Esposizioni ... ma, per caso, è carina lo stesso!
martedì 25 settembre 2012
domenica 26 agosto 2012
martedì 17 luglio 2012
domenica 3 giugno 2012
Per i bambini della Siria!
Proteggete i bambini della Siria ora!
Al Consiglio di Sicurezza dell'ONU e al Segretario generale dell'ONU Ban Ki-moon:
In qualità di cittadini da ogni parte del mondo, vi chiediamo d'impegnarvi sin da ora a inviare almeno 3000 osservatori internazionali in Siria con il mandato di proteggere i civili, e di decidere in fretta un piano di transizione politica. A fronte del terribile massacro di decine di bambini a Al Houla, soltanto un intervento del genere può prevenire l'uccisione di altri bambini e famiglie innocenti, e solo un piano urgente con un percorso chiaro può mettere fine al conflitto siriano. Abbiamo la responsabilità di proteggere il popolo siriano e il mondo non può più girarsi dall'altra parte.
sabato 12 maggio 2012
lunedì 9 aprile 2012
A Venezia
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| Sul ponte della Libertà |
Pasquetta a Venezia! come da tradizione, ma con la Vespa nuova!
Un freddo ...
venerdì 9 marzo 2012
A cena con colleghi
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| 8 Marzo 2012 |
Maturo amore
che ti perdi
in una ragnatela di rughe,
nel profumo dolce
della pelle
che cede alla carezza,
nello sguardo attento,
leggero,
come nel bacio
frettoloso,
quasi pudico.
Guardo,
accarezzo,
bacio
la tua età
la mia età
straordinariamente belle
S. Valentino 2012
Dedicata alle mie splendide colleghe
8 Marzo 2012
Giorgio
mercoledì 8 febbraio 2012
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