Grand Hotel de la Ville … inizi ‘900
Florence (Firenze)
Famous 19th-century Americans in Florence: Horatio Greenough, sculptor
From the book by Clara Louise Dentler: 
Where Greenough lived, worked, or exhibited in Florence:
- in a villa a mile out of Florence, thought to be opposite the Collegio della Querce on Via Piazzola
- he built a beautiful octagonal studio for the exhibition of his works at the corner of Piazza della Liberta’ (then called Piazza Maria Antonietta) and Via Santa Caterina
- places he lived include Casa le Blanc on Costa San Giorgio; Palazzo Pucci-Baciocchi on Via de’ Pucci; and the popular Villa Brichieri.
Loggia di Lanzi, Florence, c. 1910
Firenze. Loggia dell’Orcagna. Cart. Inv. nel 1910.
All aboard! Tram from Florence to San Casciano, 1891
A proposito di tranvia, 1891 inaugurazione della tratta Firenze -San Casciano. La tranvia fu principalmente voluta da Emanuele Orazio Fenzi, banchiere ed esponente di una famiglia con interessi ne campo ferroviario, e da Sidney Sonnino, uomo politico rappresentante in parlamento nel collegio del Chiant.
A picture of the 1891 inauguration of the Florence-San Casciano tram-way. The tram was built primarily thanks to Emanuele Orazio Fenzi, banker and from a family with railway interests, and Sidney Sonnino, representative in parliament in the Chianti college.
Florence returns to life, after Germans leave, WWII
Nonostante le macerie, la vita continua. Despite the rubble, live goes on.
Via Por Santa Maria – fine anni ’40 – con qualche palazzo ancora da ricostruire
9 minutes of Florence from 1965
The Cascine Park, Florence, c. 1900
Passeggiando di festa alle Cascine, inizio 900.
