May. 06, 2019
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La Piscina: Town Square with Water
For almost a decade I tried to understand why Italians include "pool" in the short list of their street signs. The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey, about the Christian destruction of the Classic world, provided a clue.
The ubiquity of the road sign “Public Pool” (Piscina Comunale) first caught my attention on a 2010 road trip through Puglia and Basilicata, the southern provinces of Italy. The signs were not pointers to the beach, as the towns where I spotted them were away from the sea. Some of the “piscina” signs around […]
Well done aritlce that. I’ll make sure to use it wisely.
Xena, het is alweer even geleden dat ik je hier ben tegengekomen. Gelukkig kunnen we hier alles op de voet volgen.Ik hoop dat alles snel beter gaat en je een leuke tijd in Friesland gaat hebben!Groeten van dokter Oliebol