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“DISFIGURED WORLD”: CLOSE-UP PHOTO OF CRACKS AND CORROSIONS ON A BLUE PAVEMENT IN NAPLES (#2)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Lacer/actions Yes, there is an abstract world under our feet … These are some of the images I took along the streets of Naples (Italy). They’re close-up photos of disfigured blue pavement. The pictures are part of LaceR/Actions Project and Research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters, natural… Read More “DISFIGURED WORLD”: CLOSE-UP PHOTO OF CRACKS AND CORROSIONS ON A BLUE PAVEMENT IN NAPLES (#2)

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“DISFIGURED WORLD”: CLOSE-UP PHOTO OF CRACKS AND CORROSIONS ON A BLUE PAVEMENT IN NAPLES (#1)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Lacer/actions Yes, there is an abstract world under our feet … These are some of the images I took along the streets of Naples (Italy). They’re close-up photos of disfigured blue pavement. The pictures are part of LaceR/Actions Project and Research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters, natural… Read More “DISFIGURED WORLD”: CLOSE-UP PHOTO OF CRACKS AND CORROSIONS ON A BLUE PAVEMENT IN NAPLES (#1)

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NAPLES AND THE “LITTLE RED HORN”, SYMBOL OF LUCK AND ANCIENT DISTINCTIVE SIGN OF THE CITY (PART #4)

© Roberto Alborghetti  It is the so-called good luck charm par excellence. And for Naples it is one of the distinctive signs of the city. It is the red horn (corno or cornetto) : the “curniciello”, as they say under the Vesuvius. Born in the mists of time from myths and legends, the little red… Read More NAPLES AND THE “LITTLE RED HORN”, SYMBOL OF LUCK AND ANCIENT DISTINCTIVE SIGN OF THE CITY (PART #4)

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CITIES / NAPLES: VISITING THE BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FONTE, THE OLDEST EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN MOSAIC ART IN EUROPE (PART #3)

© Roberto Alborghetti Naples holds a priceless cultural and artistic heritage and unique masterpieces that deserve to be known. Such as the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, the heart of the ancient Basilica of Santa Restituta, today within the already extraordinary monumental complex of the Duomo. The Basilica was, with the Stefanìa, one of… Read More CITIES / NAPLES: VISITING THE BAPTISTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI IN FONTE, THE OLDEST EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN MOSAIC ART IN EUROPE (PART #3)

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CITIES / THE SHOW OF LIFE TAKES PLACE EVERY DAY IN THE WONDERFUL SQUARES OF NAPLES (PART #2)

© Roberto Alborghetti It is not just the city of a thousand churches or five hundred domes. Naples is also the city of squares. There are magnificent ones, some considered among the most beautiful in Europe and a couple, at least, in the world. They have always constituted the connective network of the city of… Read More CITIES / THE SHOW OF LIFE TAKES PLACE EVERY DAY IN THE WONDERFUL SQUARES OF NAPLES (PART #2)

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CITIES / WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I SAY NAPLES? FROM VESUVIUS TO PIZZA AND MUCH MORE (PART #1)

© Roberto Alborghetti You’re in Naples and you immediately ask yourself a question: what comes to mind when you think of the Neapolitan city? I discover that the list is long (I deliberately avoid negative and problematic phenomena and aspects because they do not fall within the spirit of this post). As in a game,… Read More CITIES / WHAT COMES TO MIND WHEN I SAY NAPLES? FROM VESUVIUS TO PIZZA AND MUCH MORE (PART #1)

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