Art salvaged in the aftermath of the 1966 Florence flood. David Lees.
Art salvaged in the aftermath of the 1966 Florence flood. David Lees.
“And that is… how they are. So terribly physically all over one another. They pour themselves one over the other like so much melted butter over parsnips. They catch each other under the chin, with a tender caress of the hand, and they smile with sunny melting tenderness into each other’s face.”— D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930), British author, Sea and Sardinia (1923), speaking of the Sicilians (via welcometoitalia)
James L. Stanfield, Sala Regia, Vatican City. The Sala Regia gives access to the Vatican’s private rooms.
