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My father lived in Spain for over half of his life and I got to visit a couple of times. I can tell you it is an unmatched experience to see and touch the history. We traveled all over the country for two weeks visiting castles. Some were 700 years old! When we went to Segovia and I saw the aqueduct, I just stood and stared at it in awe. I actually had to run my hand across it's stone to believe it was real.
I totally agree with what you wrote to Jonathan about how life is memory and how repetition accelerates and distorts time. I strongly encourage travel to other countries because it gives perspective to what you have and sometimes, what you do not.
Thank you very much my friend!
Taking pictures helps me, to think of other things, every morning I wake up in a sort of surreal nightmare, everything apparently seems normal, yet nothing really is. Sorry if I touch this topic, but I have times I need to talk about it. We are faced with a traumatic historical event that needs to be worked out emotionally and intellectually.
Turin in '72 was a very different city from now and much darker, it was the largest industrial center in Italy and everything revolved around the automobile industry, in this it looks very much like Detroit. The subway was built only in recent years, because people "had to" go around by car. With the industrial decline, after the fall of the Berlin wall, the city began to change skin and the 2006 winter Olympics made it possible to rediscover its "hidden" side of the former capital of Italy. Suddenly tourists arrived as the city is actually very beautiful thanks to its development in this direction. Of course it is not Florence, but as a citizen I can tell you that even we inhabitants had not realized how beautiful it was, its hyper-industrial nature has ended up veiling our eyes for decades. The lockdown is also freeing us from heavy pollution, which could also be a cause that favors the spread of the virus, through fine particles according to some recent theories.
I will continue to make pictures and thank you for your comment and interest. We hope that things will go better for both us and for other nations, but this is a lesson that we had probably to undergo.
Thank you very much and stay safe.
Take care Fabricio
But where do you live if I can ask?
Wish all the best for you and your Family
I have never been out of the US myself except Canada. I was never one for travel except in games :P
You should travel more, if you have the chance do it.
Thanks my fried, and remember that if you happen to be around here and I will still be able to pay the rent, I will host you for free. ;)
Great set Fabrizio! Thank you for sharing
Turin, oddly enough, is home to the second most important Egyptian museum after Cairo. I have visited the museum several times both as a kid in its old setting and in the new one as an adult in its new makeover inaugurated for the Olympics and it is certainly very rich. The point that cultural patrimony is the real oil of Italy. I really like visiting other countries, but when you go to Italy you realize that there are small cities that alone have a huge cultural heritage.
For example, a couple of years ago I went to a town in my region where they discovered a buried Roman metropolis by digging. Archaeologists started the excavations and then stopped and covered almost everything. The reason is that there were no funds to keep the ruins in good condition, so they chose to keep them leaving them buried. We simply have too much and we have become an enriched, corrupt and ignorant people, unable to preserve their culture, but the post-war industrial boom has led us to exalt the industry at the expense of what we really had to offer to the world.
When you can go back to tourism again if you visit Italy, I recommend that in addition to the more obvious locations, that of taking less traveled tourist routes, where Turin can be an interesting and slightly obvious stop.
Thanks for your comment. :)
The situation in Italy is dire though, and I truly hope other countrie's do not have to go through that,..
I've been to a few Italian citie's, never to Turin though,.. it is definately a beautiful city,.. I can understand your proudness,..
The images are also looking great,.. you certainly did not forget how to create those
Turin is a city that certainly deserves to be visited, it is the former capital of my nation and despite its hyper-industrial past (it can be compared to Manchester or Detroit) it also has a Baroque artistic heritage of enormous value. it is a city with multiple faces. The only advantage of this period is that the mephitic pollution eased considerably.
Taking a few shots helps me think of something else, and I really need it.
Thanks so much for the comment.