Menaggio Beach Afternoon – Lake Como

A sunny afternoon on the beach at Menaggio on Lake Como, Italy

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Sunset Scull – Florence

A solitary rower sculls at sunset on the Arno river, just past the famous Ponte Vecchio, in Florence, Italy

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Rialto Morning

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Venetian Balcony

Flower boxes of geraniums cascade over a second story balcony in the Canereggio sestiere of Venice on a late spring afternoon.

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Angel with the Scourge - Ponte Sant'Angelo

One of 12 angels decorasting the Ponte Sant'Angelo by Lazzaro Morelli, a contemporary of Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Bernini's Angel

Completed in A.D. 134, the Ponte Sant'Angelo is decorated with ten angels commissioned by Pope Clement IX in 1667.

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A riot of flowers cascade over the edge of a balcony in the Dorsoduro sestiere of La Serenissima, the Most Serene Republic.

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The Game of Life

Generations share the joy of a simple game of Jump rope in the early evening in the Canareggio Sestiere of Venice.

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Burano Bench

The island was probably settled by the Romans, and in the 6th century was occupied by people from Altino, who named it for one of the gates of their former city

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Burano Laundry

Laundry hung out to dry adds an interesting element to the brightly colored architecture on the island of Burano, also known as the "Lace Island" in the Venetian lagoon.

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Arrested Development

A bicycle leans against a shop wall on the island of Murano, Italy.

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Burano Blooms

Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called an archipelago of four islands linked by bridges.

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Nature's Bounty

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Acqua Alta

High tide can bring severe inconvenience to the residents of Venice, but some handle it with greater aplomb than others.

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Dorsoduro Balcony

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Relief ~ Santa Maria Formosa, Venice

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The Watcher

A pensive Venetian regards the scene in the Piazza below her window in Venice.

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