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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Bloody Saturday in Thailand
I was in the land of smile in 2006 during the beginning of this endless story, during the military coup d’etat, while in the night tank rose in Bangkok and stopped in front of parliament.
The prime minister was exiled.
I was living in ChiangMai since a couple of years and I still remember that morning when I woke up, got my motorbike, and after few roads I saw all around armor-plated vehicles with military checking the main ways and intersections of the town.
The feeling was strange, but there was no violence at all, people were kind with military and a new beginning for Thailand was right there.
At that time I could not forecast what happened yesterday.
19 people were killed and over 800 injured fighting the Thai government; spokesman for the premier Vejjajiva stated that soldiers used rubber bullets while rebels were armed with grenade launchers, hand… Continue reading
Is Obama a traitor of his own electors?
Here we are, this issue definitely can not pass with indifference in my blog.
I have said nothing regarding the nuclear issue and the Obama’s insane decision to go on that way, but this new one can not pass.
Obama hopes to collect money selling licenses to drill petrol and to gain consent for the package-climate, soon to vote in the Senate, the America will revert to find oil in its seas, will revert to use Nuclear.
Is this the green revolution Obama promised?
Is this the down of a new Era? Come on!
Barack Obama announced the end of a moratorium survived for twenty-year, not even George W. Bush was able to go on with this idiocy.
From Delaware until the coasts Central of Florida, saving the mythical ”Keys”, the US shall grant freedom of drills.
Luckily he avoids devastating the jewel of Bristol Bay, but it will effect… Continue reading
Turin’s past and wars
Spring 2010, I was out enjoying the first hot and pleasing sun of spring and I got the chance to get pictures of some really interesting statues around the historical center of Turin.
The most interesting one is the monument to a horse dying during the famous battle of Novara during Italy’s first independence war. The knight was Ferdinando di Savoia the brother of the King.
The pictures of the tension and suffering of the horse are really interesting such as the strange body position, unique of this kind.
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In 1848 revolutionary riots broke out in numerous places of Italy, as well in many other parts of Europe. The Kingdom of Piedmont (and Sardinia) decided to exploit the apparently favorable moment, and declared war on Austria, in alliance with the Papal States and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and attacked the weakened Austria in her… Continue reading
River Po in Turin
In a sunny afternoon I got a small boat trip along the river Po in Turin.
Actually the trip is very short and does not worth a lot, but at least gave me the opportunity to take some new shot not just along the walking street but also under the old bridges that cross in several points the river.
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The river Po (called Eridanus by Latin) is a river that flows either 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po through a delta projecting into the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli, which Leonardo da Vinci helped to design.
The river is subject to heavy flooding. Consequently over half its length is controlled with argini, or dikes.
Rocca de’ Baldi
Rocca de’ Baldi is a very small town located in the province of Cuneo, in Piedmont, about 70 km south of Turin and about 15 km northeast of Cuneo.
This is a pretty poorly preserved medieval village, but very fascinating.
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There is an old castle (XIII cent.) severely damaged and restored in 1600 and 1700; but the small streets and the medieval center of Rocca de’ Baldi are far more interesting as you can see in the pictures.
I walked around Rocca de’ Baldi a while spending the morning, there was quite some snow around but it was the last one of 2010.
- the images have been realized using a digital SLR Canon 450D, wait to load completely the page before click on the photos, be aware that it can take several seconds -
- Rocca de’ Baldi pictures / Piedmont / Italy – portfolio © www.artphotoasia.net -
Mondovì
Mondovì was the next step after Rocca de’ Baldi during my trip on Piedmont southern hills.
As you can see from the pictures in the photo gallery the snow was still all over as winter was not yet completely done.
The town of Mondovì, located on the Monte Regale hill, is divided into several rioni and piazzas and can be reached not only by road but also by a small railway called ‘funicolare’ that link downtown with the part of the city up to the hill.
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Mondovì was founded on a hilltop in 1198 by survivors of the destroyed village of Bredolo. The independence proved to be short lived because the bishop of Asti and the marquis of Ceva stormed it in 1200 and destroyed it in 1231.
The commune resisted, however, and the following year it was able to sustain another attack from Asti.
In 1260 it… Continue reading
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