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Some statues on board the Ex Costa Firenze

Alcune statue a bordo della Ex Costa Firenze

Some statues on board the Ex Costa Firenze.
When I was on board the Costa Firenze a couple of years ago I took some photos of some of the statues that were there.
Dante and especially these two of a girl walking her dog (which were at the Sunset Bar) that reminded me so much of my wife walking our pitbull.

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Photo taken with Honor 20.

Costa Firenze is the fifth Vista-class cruise ship built at the Marghera shipyard. Originally designed for the Chinese market by Costa Asia, a subsidiary of the Italian shipping company Costa Crociere, following the COVID-19 pandemic it was subsequently deployed for the European market.
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The funeral monument to Ilaria del Carretto

Il monumento funebre ad Ilaria del Carretto nella cattedrale di Lucca

The funeral monument to Ilaria del Carretto in the Cathedral of Lucca.
One of the most famous monuments in Lucca is certainly this tomb, inside the Cathedral of Lucca (San Martino), dedicated to the Noblewoman Ilaria del Carretto daughter of the Marquises of Zuccarello sculpted by Jacopo della Quercia.
The beauty of this marble work is the delicacy of the sculpture which, like the Veiled Christ of Naples (which I have not yet managed to see), almost seems like a divine or magical work.
I will not waste time describing the work by copying here and there from the internet but as always I refer you to Wikipedia further down.

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Il monumento funebre ad Ilaria del Carretto nella cattedrale di Lucca

Il monumento funebre ad Ilaria del Carretto nella cattedrale di Lucca

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 11-22.

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The portrait is sweet and elegant, with a poignant contrast between the beauty of the subject and the state of death that has entered the collective imagination. The drapery is still late Gothic, aligned with contemporary Burgundian sculpture, but the portrait is characterized individually, the result of the lesson of the new Humanism, while the motif of the putti with festoons on their sides is an explicit classical citation.
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Scorcio del mare dall’Abbazia di San Fruttuoso

Scorcio del mare dall'Abbazia di San Fruttuoso

Scorcio del mare dall’Abbazia di San Fruttuoso.
Andando a San Fruttuoso ci si deve ricavare anche il tempo per fare un bagno rinfrescante nelle sue acque rinfrescanti.
Infatti, di fronte alla costruzione c’è anche una sottile e breve striscia di sabbia e sassi che danno accesso al mare. Si può scegliere se affittare un lettino oppure se distendersi sulla spiaggia.
Sulla sinistra della foto, potete poi vedere il cagnone (che ho già trovato altre volte qui e che deve essere di proprietà di qualcuno dei proprietari di una delle piccole attività in loco) che sta sotto al portico a prendere un po’ d’ombra.

Scorcio del mare dall'Abbazia di San Fruttuoso

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

The abbey is dedicated to Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona, a 3rd century Catalan bishop and saint, whose ashes are preserved in the abbey, where they were supposedly transferred following the Arab invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
The abbey cannot be reached by any road, but can only be accessed by sea or by following two panoramic paths: one that descends from the Portofino mountain above and the other that runs along the coast starting from the Portofino bay. The abbey overlooks the bathing beach in front.
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Here is where the Abbey is located:

If you are interested in seeing some photos taken along the path that goes from Camogli to San Fruttuoso click below:
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The phoenix on the roof of a building in Hue, Vietnam

Fenice sul tetto a Hue

The phoenix on the roof of a building in Hue, Vietnam.
I really like these statues, which almost always depict mythological animals, and I always photograph them.
This is one of the many in the Imperial city of Hue, in Vietnam, and it depicts a phoenix and below it a dog/dragon.
I tried to search online to see if they have a particular name (like the Gargoils on the roofs of Notre Dam) but I was unable to find anything.
To tell the whole truth, they remind me a lot of the designs and colors of the Mayan statues that I saw in Mexico a few years ago in Coba (even though I know that they have nothing to do with it).

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Fenice sul tetto a Hue

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

Click here to see all the photos I took in this place:
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Here is where this mythical place is located:

The Imperial City of Huế is a fortified complex consisting of a citadel within which is located the actual Imperial City of Huế, the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam. In turn, enclosed within the Imperial City is the Purple Forbidden City.
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The phoenix on the roof of a building in Hue, Vietnam – Le phénix sur le toit d’un immeuble à Hue, Vietnam – El fénix en el tejado de un edificio en Hue, Vietnam – A fénix no telhado de um edifício em Hue, no Vietname – Der Phönix auf dem Dach eines Gebäudes in Hue, Vietnam – Phượng hoàng trên nóc một tòa nhà ở Huế, Việt Nam
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Drago cane ad Ho Chi Minh

Drago cane ad Ho Chi Minh

Drago cane ad Ho Chi Minh.
Questa e’ una delle molte statue che adornano una delle pagode piu’ belle e famose della citta’ di Saigon.
E’ all’entrata della pagoda dell’Imperatore di Giada un piccolo ma splendido centro di culto vietnamita.
Non so bene che animale si cescoli con il drago ma io credo un cane, viste le orecchie.

Drago cane ad Ho Chi Minh

Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 22.

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Giochiamo?

Giochiamo?

Giochiamo?
Il mio pitbull Nicco vuole giocare sempre: è sufficiente uscire in giardino con lui e tac… Subito l’agguato!
Menomale che non fa sul serio ma gioca!

Giochiamo?

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Il mio pitbull in slowmotion

Il mio pitbull in slowmotion

Il mio pitbull in slowmotion.
Oggi ho deciso di provare la slowmotion con il mio pitbull Nicco.
Lui ama farmi l’agguato quando entro dal giardino ed, effettivamente, potrebbe fare un po’ di paura a vederselo piombare addosso così:

Vi ci metto anche una bella foto che ho scattato qualche giorno fa in hdr:

Il mio pitbull in slowmotion

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Crocchette per il cane

Crocchette per il cane

Crocchette per il cane.
Anni fa al nostro cane davamo riso, pasta e carne. Da qualche tempo ormai siamo passati alle più comode, e forse come dicono molti, più equilibrate crocchette. Non è la foto con cui passerò alla storia ma l’ho scattata e qui la metto.

Crocchette per il cane