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Italy at the Holidays

These photos show Rome, Torino, and Venice during the year-end holidays of 1997-98.

For more photographs of Italy, see the Italian section of Æsthetic Images Photography.

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Rome

Puppets for sale at a sidewalk booth, Piazza Navona

Bagpipe vendor, Piazza Navona
(Demonstrating his wares, mini-bagpipes made from balloons and bamboo)

Befanas for sale, Piazza Navona
(The Befana is an old woman who flies around on 6 January, delivering gifts to children.)

Flower stalls,
Piazza Campo dei Fiori

Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Steps)
festooned with poinsettias

Christmas lights at night above Via Ottaviano
(Prati area, just north of the Vatican)

St. Peter's and Christmas Tree, Vatican

Display of lights, Viterbo
(a town not far north of Rome)

Torino

Lights over downtown street

Train station covered in lights

Christmas display,
Piazza Carlo Felice

Venice

Menorah, Ghetto

Downtown lights

Decorated windows

Protest Christmas tree,
Piazza San Marco
("125 laid off -- Christmas present.")

For more photographs of Italy, see the Italian section of Æsthetic Images Photography.

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Last updated 30 April 2006, to revise the visual design