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ITALY – VENICE V

It’s amazing how many photos you can take in Venice……

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Weathered  Memorial, Campo de la Pescaria, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Work Barge, Grand Canal, Riva del Ferro, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Across Ponte de le Tette to Sotoportego E Corte de Ca' Bollani, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Campanile di Santo Stefano, Piscina San Moise, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Founded in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 14th century and altered again early in the 15th century.

Venice has at least 3 leaning bell towers, San Giorgi dei Greci, San Pietro di Castello &amp; Santo Stefanco. There is also a dominate one of the island of Burano.

Canalside Steps, Campo Manin, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto, Campo San Giacomo di Rialto, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto is considered to be the oldest church in Venice, consecrated on March 25, 421.

Chiesa Parrocchiale dei Santi Apostoli Tower, Campo Santi Apostoli, Venice, Veneto, Italy

The church dates to the 7th century and is one of the oldest in Venice.

Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Salvador, Marzaria del Capitello, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Door, 541C Campo de la Pescaria, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Exquisite Wood Carving, Shopfront, Marzaria San Salvador, Venice, Veneto, Italy

 Fondamenta de le Prigioni, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Garden Gateway, 2329 Calle de la Regina, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Grand Canal, Ponte di la becarie, Venice, Veneto, Italy

 Markets Area, Riva de l'Ogio, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Mercato del Pesce al Minuto, Campo Beccarie, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Mercato del Pesce al Minuto = Retail Fish Market

Monument to the Fallen of the Parish in WWI, Chiesa di San Cassiano, Campo San Cassian, Venice, Veneto, Italy

See a much more detailed image HERE!

Old Water Pump, Corte Tron, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Old Wooden Doors, Naranzaria, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Ponte dei Sospiri, (Bridge of Sighs) Rio del Palazzo, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Named for sighs of prisoners crossing it en route from the Palazzo Ducale to prison.

Barred Window, Marzaria del Capitello, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Ponte Rialto & Grand Canal, Riva del Vin, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Residential, Calle Ca' Bragadin al Cristo, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Rio delle Becarie, Fondamenta de le Prigioni, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Rusted Water Fountain, Sotoportego del Pin la Scrimia, Calle del Campaniel, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Shrine, Calle de la Regina, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Sotoportego de le Acque, Venice, Veneto, Italy

View Across Ponte Rialto, Salizzada Pio X, Venice, Veneto, Italy

The tower in the background is part of Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto. considered to be the oldest church in Venice, consecrated on March 25, 421.

Vaporetto, Grand Canal, Ponte Rialto, Venice, Veneto, Italy

ITALY – VENICE I

The final leg of our Italian stay is an 8 night stay in this wonderful city.

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Window, Vernier Casino, Marzaria del Capitello, Venice, Veneto, Italy

See in Street View

Closed Bridge, Ponte de Canonica, Calle de la Canonica, Venice, Italy

Commemorative Column, Campo San Salvador, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Built in 1898 the column commemorates the Venetian revolt against Austrian occupation in 1848 and 1849, a 17 month struggle for independence.

Distressed Wall, Calle Luigi Torelli detta de la Cavallerizza, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Faro di Murano, Murano, Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, Italy

Flagpole, Campo San Maurizio, Venice, Veneto, Italy

From Our Window, Rialto Bridge, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Our room at Hotel Rialto was directly above the famous bridge

Gated,Church of San Giovanni Elemosinario, Ruga Vecchia San Giovanni, 479, Venice, Veneto, Italy

This church was founded in 1071, and was completely destroyed by the disastrous Rialto fire in 1514. It was rebuilt a few years later.

Street View – Daytime

Gondoliers, Riva del Ferro, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Grand Canal, Rialto, Venice, Veneto, Italy

It’s Raining in Venice, Riva del Ferro, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Night Vaporetto, Grand Canal, Rialto, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Ornate Door Knob, 374 Fondamenta Zorzi, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Passage, Sotoportego de la Pasina, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Religious Icon, Calle Nuova Sant’Agnese, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Ruins of Former Powder Magazine, Madonna del Monte, Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, Italy

Dating from the beginning of Twentieth century a powder magazine was erected which was used until second World War.

Shuttered Window, Calle dei Balloni, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Street Signs & Shrine, Ponte dei Beretteri, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Sotoportego dei do Mori, Venice, Veneto, Italy

“Sotoportego” is a passageway that goes underneath a building. The sotoportego height typically equals to that of the ground floor.

The Other Side, Ponte Rialto, Calle del Fontego dei Tedeschi, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Water Hydrant, Rio de San Zulian, Venice, Veneto, Italy

White Swans, Canal, Via Marcello, Burano, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Gondola Dock, Riva del Vin, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Water Taxi, Grand Canal, Venice, Veneto, Italy

ITALY – PADOVA (PADUA) III

The final contribution from our stay in Padova. Next up is an 8 day adventure in Venice.

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Underground Public Convenience, Piazza delle Erbe, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Torre dell’Orologio, Piazza dei Signori, Padova, Veneto, Italy

The tower was built in the first half of the 14th century as the eastern gate of the Carrarese Palace, later elevated and adorned in Gothic style and equipped with the famous astronomical clock.

The Monument to Alvise Pisani, Via Altinate, Padove, Veneto, Italy

The memorial is located in the Porta Altinate one of the four “royal” entrances that opened on the communal walls of Padova. Alvise Pisani was the 114th Doge of Venice, serving from 17 January 1735 until his death. Born as a member of Pisani family, he was a career diplomat prior to his election, serving as Venice’s ambassador to France, Austria, and Spain; he also served as a councilor to previous Doges.

Street Sand Sculptor, Piazza Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Street Lamp, Via Cavour, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Street Art, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Stone Carving, 6 Piazza Garzeria, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Staircase, Hotel al Prato, Via Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

“Spritz”, Vicolo Restaurant, Via Umberto I, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Ornate Colonnade, Palazzo Delle Debite, Piazza delle Erbe, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Old Wall, Chiesa dei Santi Canzio, Canziano, Canzianilla e Proto, Via delle Piazze, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Mondadori Bookstore, via Cavour, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Memorial, Palazzo Moroni, Via VIII Febbraio, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Dedicated to Padova’s fallen in 1928. It forms part of the town hall facade.

Markets, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Local Tram, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Gatta di Sant’Andrea, Via Sant’Andrea, Padova, Veneto, Italy

The Cat of Sant’Andrea, popularly called ‘the cat’, is a monument of medieval origin that is located in the small churchyard of the church of Sant’Andrea in Padua. The monument, composed of a stone sculpture depicting a lion on a column from the Roman age.

Gateway, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Front Garden, Hotel al Prato, Via Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

“Empty”, Via del Santo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Doorway, 15 Piazza Duomo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Colonnade, Via Roma, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Colonnade Path, Via Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Chiesa dei Santi Canzio, Canziano, Canzianilla e Proto, Via San Canziano, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Chiesa dei Santi Canzio, Canziano, Canzianilla e Proto = Church of Saints Canzio, Canziano, Canzianilla and Proto

Consecrated in 1757

Building Cornerstone, Piazza delle Erbe, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Bridge Parapet, Ponte San Massimo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta & Battistero di San Giovanni,Piazza Duomo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Completed and consecrated in 1754.

Arco Vallaresso, Via Arco Vallaresso, Padova, Veneto, Italy

The Triumphal Arch of Vallaresso, or locally referred to as the Arco Vallaresso is a 17th-century monumental arch in the town center of Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. In 1632, the arch, designed by Giambattista della Scala, was meant to honor Alvise Vallaresso, Venetian captain of the town, for his diligence in attempting to stem the Bubonic plague in Padova.

Venetian Winged Lion, Palazzo della Ragione, Piazza delle Erbe, Padova, Veneto, Italy

ITALY – PADOVA (PADUA) II

Continuation from our time in Padova.

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Ornate Street Lamp, Piazza del Santo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Old England Pub, Via Alessandro Manzoni, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Office Building, Cnr Prato della Valle & Via Beato Luca Belludi, Paova, Veneto, Italy

Neon Sign, Hotel Al Prato, Via Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

(We stayed here)

Memorial Doors, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy

The names of those fallen during The Great War are inscribed on the doors

Giuseppe Tartini, Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Giuseppe Tartini was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in Pirano in the Republic of Venice. Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred pieces for the violin, the majority of them violin concertos.

Fountain, Via Umberto 1, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Doors & Windows, Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Door Knocker, Via Beato Luca Belludi, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Door Knob, 55 Umberto I, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Window Box, Via Beato Luca Belludi, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Vicolo Tabacco, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Tower, Palazzo Di Capodilista, Via Umberto I, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Building at the beginning of the thirteenth century around the already pre-existing defensive tower (12th century), it preserves most of the historical memories of the ancient Capodilista family (from 1785 Emo Capodilista), whose descendants owned the palace until the early 2000s.

Staircase, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Sculpture, Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Padova, Veneto, Italy

River Bacchiglione, Ponte Via Beato Luca Belludi, Via Beato Luca Belludi, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Police Convoy, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Colonnade Lighting, Via Beato Luca Belludi, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Bridge Parapet, Ponte San Massimo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

“Writing on the Wall”, Via Beato Luca Belludi, Padova, Veneto, Italy

1 Via Giovanni Maria Falconetto, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Basilica di Sant’Antonio di Padova, Piazza del Santo, Padova, Veneto, Italy

ITALY – PADOVA (PADUA) I

We’ve moved on from Ferrara and have now arrived to spend the next 4 days in Padova. For some reason, this place also has an English version name- “Padua”.

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Isola Memmia, Piazza Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Patrolling, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Abbazia di Santa Giustina & Altore Maggiore Basilica Santa Giustina, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

The Abbey of Santa Giustina is a 10th-century Benedictine abbey complex located in front of the Prato della Valle in central Padua, region of Veneto, Italy. Adjacent to the former monastery is the basilica church of Santa Giustina, initially built in the 6th century, but whose present form derives from a 17th-century reconstruction.

Pope Clement XIII, Isola Memmia, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Comando Stazione Carabinieri, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

No. 22 Bus, Prata della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Tower, Abbazia di Santa Giustina & Altore Maggiore Basilica Santa Giustina, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Metal Doors, Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Passageway, Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Grated Alcove, Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Shrine, Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Ancient Inscribed Stone Tablet, Abbazia di Santa Giustina, Via Cavazzana, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Located inside the abbey.

Ivstinae Vetvs Haec Divae Preciosa Sepvlchrvm

Clavdebant Nostris Saxa Repertaviris

Google translates as:-

The Vet of Ivstinae These Goddesses Precious Sepulchres

They Cleaved Our Rocks, They Found Them

Entry Gates, 58 Via Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Garden Decor, Hotel al Prato, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Luggage Display, Hotel al Prato, Via Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Street Lamp, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Isola Memmia, Piazza Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Gnarly Tree Trunk, Prata della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Vicolo Tabacco, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Grand Residence, Via Umberto I, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Night View, Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Isola Memmia, Piazza Prato della Valle, Padova, Veneto, Italy

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – VII

The final contribution of the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Sonsa Dean Din Ras 1909

An Afghan who lived along Nambi Road and had his own personal mosque

Oroya Black Range Gold Mine, Sandstone 1908

Smoke Stack

(The State Hotel in Gwalia is visible to the left)

Machinery Shed, Sons of Gwalia Mine

Sons of Gwalia 1977

The mine was liquidated in 1963 and did not reopen again until 1982. The new entity operated the mine until its being placed into administration in 2004

Images Circa 1963

Maintenance near Headframe 1941

Mine View 1941

1907

Working Underground

Tool Sharpeners

Train Station, Gwalia

Mine 1926

Underground Shift

Atop the Gas Producers, Looking Towards the State Hotel

Tower Street 1905

The building to the right is the National Bank of Australasia – Now the Tourist & Information Bureau (See Here for today image)

“Ken”

Woodline locomotive in what today is the rear car park of the mine offices.

Ken’s Parking Spot During a Rainstorm in 2012

Images Associated with the Woodlines

Woodlines

Large quantities of timber are required for the development and running of the gold mines. This timber was not available locally and so a transport problem arose. The material required had to be shipped from its source to the lease and the best way considered to do this was by a small railway. An application was made for the constructing of the tramway and this was later granted to the Company.

The total area covered by the woodline was approximately 800 square miles. 4000 miles of 20″ gauge track. Only sufficient track was maintained to operate a few spur lines at one time. As an area became exhausted, the track was lifted (in sections complete with mulga log sleepers) and relaid in another area. The spur lines were laid 2 miles apart so that woodcutters were always within 1 mile of the track. The mulga cut was the fuel source for Sons of Gwalia Mine. About 30,000 tons of mulga of wood per year. The wood was used as fuel for boilers producing steam for the winder and to make producer gas for the engines in the power house. These engines drove the alternators generating the mines electricity and compressors producing the compressed air required. Woodline camps were very spartan. Each woodcutter had a small canvas hut with iron roof, which could be lifted onto a railway timber wagon and moved to the next campsite. Bough sheds were erected around the huts for additional shade and pens for chickens and goats were re-erected at each new campsite. Now, remains of bough sheds indicate the location of a campsite. Although a predominantly male occupation, some woodcutters had their families with them.

Washout of the Line at Lake Raeside

Railing Water 1941

Aerial – State Hotel in the background

The current mine offices are today located in the vacant plot in the centre of this image

Winder Wheels

Gold Pouring 1906

The Winder

Before the Fire in 1921

Leonora

Sons of Gwalia Mine 1949

Wooden Head Frame

Tram Car and Barn 1905

Tram 1903

Station Creek Homestead 1904

Trucks in Tower Street, Leonora

Todd Bros Coach Factory

The Mail Car

The Workers Club 1920

The Old Hotel Murrin Murrin 1905

The Smelter, Annaconda Copper Mine, Eulaminna 1900

Tatterstalls Hotel Mt Morgans

Sandalwood Cutters, Wilsons Patch

Unknown

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – VI

Part 6 of the continuing collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Work Shed, Sons of Gwalia Mine

Stripping Timber for Transportation to the Mine

Underground Ore Cars

Timber for Boilers on Rail Cars

Workers Taking a Break

Woodline Steam Engines

Timber Stockpile

Woodline Trains Used for Staff Picnic

Sleeping Outdoors?

Parade Outside the White House Hotel, Tower Street, Leonora

Car Outside the White House Hotel

Mine Sites

Unknown Goldfields Hotel

Sons of Gwalia Mine 1963

Battery Fire 1921

Railway Hotel, Murrin Murrin

Gathered for a Race Meeting at Darlot

Gwalia Mine Manager’s House late 1920s

Police Party

P Hill’s Central Hotel, Tower Street, Leonora

Ore Carriages at the Decline

Parade Tower Street, Leonora 1903

Full Load on the Leonora Tram 1908

Gwalia Open Cut

Similar View in 2015

Mine Manager’s House Behind Open Cut

Similar View in 2012

Headframe on the Edge of the Open Cut

“Zion City”, The Miners Camp, Mertondale, Western Australia, 1905

Yundaminderra Battery 1937

Arrival of Morgan’s Minstrels, Yundaminderra

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – V

Another installment of the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Views of Sons of Gwalia Mine over Many Years

Gwalia Landscape from Mt Leonora

Bulldozer Clearing Land

Car Outside the White House Hotel

Outing on New Year’s Day 1914

Gold Display, National Bank of Australia, Malcolm (Pistols on table!)

“Painless” Haircuts at Murrin Murrin

Donkey Cart Murrin Murrin 1905

Headframe at Mt Morgans Mine 1896

Mt Morgans Volunteer Fire Brigade

Mt Morgans Mine 1930

Magazine (Explosives Store) Mt Morgans 1896

Mt Morgans Cricket Club

Camel Train Hauling Firewood, Mt Morgans (not a tree in sight)

Hill’s Malcolm Hotel

Moving Town, Malcolm (Always take the pub with you)

Donkey Team Transporting Firewood

Mine Workers

Wood Train

Mine Workers at Mt Morgans

Mine at Lawlers

Gwalia Aerials 1956

Mine Workers 1930

Retail Centre

“Midland”

Convent of Mercy School 1932

Bank of New South Wales

Built 1939 – closed 1943 and then occupied by National Bank of Australia until 1966

Leinster Mine

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – IV

More of the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Leonora 1910

Aerial of Hoover House

Earlier History of the Sons of Gwalia Mine

The Gwalia mine was originally established in 1897 by Herbert Hoover, who later became the 31st President of the United States.
St Barbara restarted mining at Gwalia in 2008 and has produced more than two million ounces of gold
Mining at Gwalia is planned to reach a depth of 2,300 metres below the surface by 2031