{"id":2425,"date":"2015-09-09T20:49:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T20:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2015-12-23T19:10:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:10:34","slug":"livorno-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/photoblog.rubenalexander.nl\/wordpress\/?p=2425","title":{"rendered":"Livorno, Italy (18 photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Livorno\"<\/a>I’ve wanted to visit the Tuscan port city of Livorno\u00a0 (pop.:+\/- 150,000) properly for a long time, as I always found it intriguing when passing through. Livorno is a strangely spacious and mismatched city, partly as a result of bombing during WW2. In any case, Livorno is now up there with my favourites when it comes to cities with a slightly weird atmosphere, and I’ll certainly go back to explore again! (Photos taken on 2015-07-23)<\/em><\/p>\n

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1. Central station \"1<\/a>2\/3\/4.\u00a0 A block of rather interesting buildings stands next to the station, and it already drew my attention in the train. It includes this derelict art-nouveau villa, which is hidden behind a flyover and …\"2<\/a> \"3<\/a> \"4<\/a>5\/6. … this (presumably) nineteenth century building\"5<\/a> \"6<\/a>7.\u00a0 The back of the art-nouveau villa\"7<\/a>8. On a factory wall \"8<\/a>9. The only non-derelict building on the block is this Italian-style art-nouveau apartment building \"9<\/a>10-16. Along Viale Giosu\u00e8 Carducci and its sidestreets, on the way to the centre \"10<\/a> \"11<\/a> \"12<\/a> \"13<\/a> \"15<\/a> \"16<\/a>17\/18. The centre of Livorno is marked by a brick fort, which now has a park within its walls \"17<\/a>\"18<\/a>19. Livorno’s main square, Piazza della Repubblica, seen from the fort \"19<\/a><\/p>\n

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