CDP April 2019 Theme : Yellow

Yellow! The first thing comes into mind is the turned yellow leaves in autumn.

And my favourite place to see these autumn leaves is along the river Po where the leaves covered up the slope which leads to the walking path along the river, the leaves turn the usually green slope into golden yellow...

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Women's Day Protest

There are so many protests nowadays, I just can't follow up what protest is for what purpose. Went to the market the other day at Porta Palazzo, there was some commotion at one end of the market, went near to take a look, there was a group mainly of women and they were shouting, 
Then I realised that it was a protest about violence against women, I think....

 She said : We want bread and roses.....

San Bernardino Church

San Bernardino Church is loctaed in the San Paolo Distict, which is consisted as in the suburb.

It was built in 1891, when the zone was still very less populated.

In August 1917, in the heart of what is known as the "bread revolt", the parish is set on fire.
A widespread anti-clerical attitude (also fueled by the harsh reaction of the friars against a boy who a few days before had tried to steal fruit from their gardens), the discontent of a war that forced a miserable life and even led to the lack of bread and rumours according to which the undergrounds of the church and the convent were occupied by the military as a deposit for armaments (only partial truth, since they actually housed pharmaceutical products and above all bandages) fueled the anger of the demonstrators and, indirectly, the fire that severely damaged structure.

An adverse fate also befell the parish during the Second World War, when a bombardment set it on fire again destroying the roof, the organ and some windows.
Another pyre, this time not of malicious origin but probably caused by a short circuit, hit San Bernardino again in 1988; with the consequent loss of various documents.

 

CDP March Theme Green

Green is the color of Toret, the iconic fountain of Turin, which still can be found in some streets and piazza in the town, and it is my choice for the theme day.
Toret is a noun of the Piedmontese language which literally means toretto, ie small bull. In a translated sense the word is commonly used to designate the typical public fountain of the city of Turin, of which it is a famous feature of urban furniture.
 

The fountain is made of cast iron, with a parallelepipedal vertical development closed by a hemicylindrical vault; It is painted with a particular bottle-green color which is also, in turn, iconic. The dispensing cinnamon placed on the front consists of a small bull's head from which water gushes through the mouth. The bull's head recalls the animal symbol of the city of Turin: the rampant bull also present on the official insignia. Complete the installation, on the ground, a hemicircular drainage grate often equipped with a central basin useful for the drinking of pets.

The citizens of Turin have developed a very acute sense of affection towards the toret, which they consider to be a symbolic object of their city, inextricably linked not only to the satisfaction of food necessities in moments of emergency or in sports practice, but also often in childhood memories and sentimental events.

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Orange Sky

The sky of  this winter has been rather colorful and sometimes even spetacular. 

A walk by the river Po in the evening, quite often one is presented a beautiful sunset view with the colorful sky as background....

San Valentino In Turin

Is San Valentino, not that I celebrate it, but the La Mole is painted Violet Pink and a young couple asked for help to have their photo taken in front of this romanticized building, so lets celebrate for them!

Actually I am not sure if La Mole is painted in pink for San Valentino, in fact I think it is not, but it does suit the occasion and the photo was taken two days before San Valentino.

Reflection In Piazza

It was snowing just a while ago, but the snow didn't stay long on the ground, instead ponds of water were formed about everywhere. 

In piazza Castello, in this particular spot, water always gathered there, either by from the fountain or from the rain or snow. 
This guy was walking crossing the piazza when I was trying to take the reflection of the Royal Palace and he was sort of just stood there in my 'line of fire' and happily had his photo taken.