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August 21, 2012

BELLA TOSCANA: Archivio Diaristico Nazionale Foundation

The Archivio Diaristico Nazionale Foundation was born in 1984 in Pieve Santo Stefano, 
a little village in Tuscany which was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, from an idea by the writer and journalist Saverio Tutino. 
There are a total of 7000 documents including memoirs, diaries, letters and autobiographies. While travelling for Bella Toscana, we had the opportunity to spend time in the archive, finding our way through many interesting diaries. This video is our way to say thank you, and to show the archive to the rest of the world. 
All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 
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We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 
Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 
Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  
and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 
A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 
and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

...d'you know what I mean? 
...capitocome?
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October 4, 2010

Andy Warhol about Death

From The Philosophy of Andy Warhol,
Andy Warhol,
1975.



/this post is dedicated to my nonno,
RIP/

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April 23, 2010

Down Under by Bill Bryson

Let's
read
a
book.
Did you know that
in 1967 the Prime Minister
Harold Holt
plunged into a surf
and VANISHED?
As Mr Bryson wrote,
"THIS SEEMED DOUBLY ASTOUNDING TO ME
-FIRST THAT AUSTRALIA COULD JUST
LOSE
A PRIME MINISTER
(I MEAN, COME ON)
AND SECOND THAT NEWS OF THIS
HAD NEVER REACHED TO ME"
Exactly.
His funny
and "overall"
('cause he was just a traveller,
he's American)
point of view
is just what you need to know
while you're discovering
Australia
which is so far away every other place.
For example,
this is
THE ONLY NATION
THAT BEGAN AS A PRISON
but
it's
definitely
one of the most
FREE Country
in the world.
/"Down Under" Bill Bryson, Black Swan/
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