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Campaniles, Earthquakes and Photoshop
The Campanile in St Mark’s Square in Venice is the only non-original structure in the square, the original having collapsed in 1902, but the new structure is a faithful replica of the original, and still provides fine views of the … Continue reading
More Ligurian Arches
We will complete the stay in Camoglia with another collection of arch structures (great and small, old and new) from the district: The recent photo of the Recco Rail Viaduct is from the Structurae Database. The photo from the time … Continue reading
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Tagged Arch structures, Liguria, Montallegro, Rapallo, Recco rail viaduct, San Fruttuoso
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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus …
…When he said the World was round (or rather, they didn’t). Christopher Columbus was born in the town of Genova, in what is now North-West Italy. The adjacent towns are happy to share the credit: It is (or at least … Continue reading
Ligurian Arches
We have looked previously at Robert Hooke’s statement on the mathematical analysis of arches: abcccddeeeeefggiiiiiiiillmmmmnnnnnooprrsssttttttuuuuuuuvx but of course people had been constructing large arch structures for many hundreds of years before Hooke made his enigmatic statement, and the masters, if … Continue reading
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Tagged arches, Camogli, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Robert Hooke
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Galileo and Pisa
Welcome to Galileo Excel Baccusi, which will be replacing Newton Excel Bach for the next four weeks, while I travel in Northern Italy. Arriving in Rome on Friday morning, we travelled to Camogli by mini-bus, stopping for a quick tour … Continue reading
