/*
 * Plugin Name: APCu Object Cache
 * Description: APCu backend for the WP Object Cache.
 * Based on Plugin named APCu Object Cache Backend
 * Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/
 * Author: Pierre Schmitz
 * Author URI: https://pierre-schmitz.com/
 * Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/
 *
 *
 * @Authors James Dugger, Jonathan Bardo
 * @copyright 2017 GoDaddy Inc. 14455 N. Hayden Road Scottsdale, Arizona
 */

$oc_logged_in = false;

foreach ( $_COOKIE as $k => $v ) {

	if ( preg_match( '/^comment_author|wordpress_logged_in_[a-f0-9]+|woocommerce_items_in_cart|PHPSESSID_|edd_wp_session|edd_items_in_cartcc_cart_key|ccm_token/', $k ) ) {

		$oc_logged_in = true;

		break;

	}

}

$oc_blocked_page = ( defined( 'WP_ADMIN' ) || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) || defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) || 'wp-login.php' === basename( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) );

function wpaas_is_using_apcu() {

	return version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.6.0', '>=' ) && function_exists( 'apcu_fetch' );

}


if ( 'cli' !== php_sapi_name() && ! $oc_logged_in && ! $oc_blocked_page && wpaas_is_using_apcu() ) :

	/**
	 * Save the transients to the DB.  The explanation is a bit too long
	 * for code.  The tl;dr of it is that we don't have a single 'fast cache'
	 * source yet (like memcached) and so some long lived items like transients
	 * are still best cached in the db and then brought back into APC
	 *
	 * @param string  $transient
	 * @param mixed   $value
	 * @param int     $expire
	 * @param boolean $site = false
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	function wpaas_save_transient( $transient, $value, $expire, $site = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		// The 'special' transient option names
		$transient_timeout = ( $site ? '_site' : '' ) . '_transient_timeout_' . $transient;
		$transient         = ( $site ? '_site' : '' ) . '_transient_' . $transient;

		// Cap expiration at 24 hours to avoid littering the DB
		if ( $expire == 0 ) {
			$expire = 24 * 60 * 60;
		}

		// Save to object cache
		$wp_object_cache->set( $transient, $value, 'options', $expire );
		$wp_object_cache->set( $transient_timeout, time() + $expire, 'options', $expire );

		// Update alloptions
		$alloptions                       = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
		$alloptions[ $transient ]         = $value;
		$alloptions[ $transient_timeout ] = time() + $expire;
		$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

		// Use the normal update option logic
		if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
			$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
			if ( $site && is_multisite() ) {
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->sitemeta}` ( `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload` ) VALUES ( %s, UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) + %d, 'yes' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient_timeout,
						$expire
					)
				);
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->sitemeta}` ( `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload` ) VALUES ( %s, %s, 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient,
						maybe_serialize( $value )
					)
				);
			} else {
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( %s, UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) + %d, 'yes' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient_timeout,
						$expire
					)
				);
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( %s, %s, 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient,
						maybe_serialize( $value )
					)
				);
			}
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
		}

		return true;
	}

	function wpaas_prune_transients() {
		global $wpdb;

		if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb && function_exists( 'is_main_site' ) && function_exists( 'is_main_network' ) ) {

			$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );

			// Lifted straight from schema.php

			// Deletes all expired transients.
			// The multi-table delete syntax is used to delete the transient record from table a,
			// and the corresponding transient_timeout record from table b.
			$time = time();
			$wpdb->query( "DELETE a, b FROM $wpdb->options a, $wpdb->options b WHERE
		a.option_name LIKE '\_transient\_%' AND
		a.option_name NOT LIKE '\_transient\_timeout\_%' AND
		b.option_name = CONCAT( '_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 12 ) )
		AND b.option_value < $time" );

			if ( is_main_site() && is_main_network() ) {
				$wpdb->query( "DELETE a, b FROM $wpdb->options a, $wpdb->options b WHERE
		a.option_name LIKE '\_site\_transient\_%' AND
		a.option_name NOT LIKE '\_site\_transient\_timeout\_%' AND
		b.option_name = CONCAT( '_site_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 17 ) )
		AND b.option_value < $time" );
			}


			$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * If another cache was flushed or updated, sync across all servers / processes using
	 * the database as the authority.  This uses the database as the authority for timestamps
	 * as well to avoid drift between servers.
	 * @return void
	 */
	function wpaas_init_sync_cache() {

		global $wpdb;

		if ( empty( $wpdb ) || ! ( $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) ) {

			return;

		}

		$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
		$result = $wpdb->get_results(
			"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$wpdb->options}` WHERE option_name = 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
			ARRAY_A
		);
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );

		if ( empty( $result ) ) {

			return;

		}

		$master_flush = false;

		foreach ( $result as $row ) {

			switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {

				case 'current_time' :
					$current_time = $row['option_value'];
					break;

				case 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' :
					$master_flush = $row['option_value'];
					break;

			}

		}

		$local_flush = wp_cache_get( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' );

		if ( false === $local_flush || $local_flush < $master_flush ) {

			wp_cache_flush( true );

			wp_cache_set( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush', $current_time );

		}

	}

	/**
	 * Start default implementation of object cache
	 */

	if ( ! defined( 'WP_APC_KEY_SALT' ) ) {

		define( 'WP_APC_KEY_SALT', '' );

	}

	function wp_cache_add( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire );

			return $wp_object_cache->add( "_transient_$key", $data, 'options', $expire );
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire, true );

			return $wp_object_cache->add( "_site_transient_$key", $data, 'site-options', $expire );
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->add( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_incr( $key, $n = 1, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->incr2( $key, $n, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_decr( $key, $n = 1, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->decr( $key, $n, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_close() {
		return true;
	}

	function wp_cache_delete( $key, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"DELETE FROM `{$wpdb->prefix}options` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s );",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					)
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}

			$wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'options' );

			// Update alloptions
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			unset( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] );
			unset( $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] );
			$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

			return $wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_$key", 'options' );
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$table = $wpdb->options;
				if ( is_multisite() ) {
					$table = $wpdb->sitemeta;
				}
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"DELETE FROM `{$table}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s );",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					)
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}
			$wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'site-options' );

			// Update alloptions
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			unset( $alloptions["_site_transient_$key"] );
			unset( $alloptions["_site_transient_timeout_$key"] );
			$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

			return $wp_object_cache->delete( "_site_transient_$key", 'site-options' );
		}

		return $wp_object_cache->delete( $key, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_flush( $local_flush = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( ! $local_flush ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query( "INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ), 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );" );
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}
		}

		return $wp_object_cache->flush();
	}

	function wp_cache_get( $key, $group = '', $force = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			if ( isset( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] ) && isset( $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] ) && $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] );
			}
			$transient = $wp_object_cache->get( "_transient_$key", 'options', $force );
			$timeout   = $wp_object_cache->get( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'options', $force );
			if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
			}
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$result = $wpdb->get_results(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$wpdb->options}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s ) UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					),
					ARRAY_A
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
				if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {
					$transient    = false;
					$timeout      = false;
					$current_time = time();
					foreach ( $result as $row ) {
						switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {
							case "_transient_$key" :
								$transient = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case "_transient_timeout_$key" :
								$timeout = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case 'current_time' :
								$current_time = $row['option_value'];
								break;
						}
					}
					if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > $current_time ) {
						return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
					}
				}
			}

			return false;
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			$transient = $wp_object_cache->get( "_site_transient_$key", 'options', $force );
			$timeout   = $wp_object_cache->get( "_site_transient_timeout_$key", 'options', $force );
			if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
			}
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$table = $wpdb->options;
				if ( is_multisite() ) {
					$table = $wpdb->sitemeta;
				}
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$result = $wpdb->get_results(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$table}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s ) UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
						"_site_transient_{$key}",
						"_site_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					),
					ARRAY_A
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
				if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {
					$transient    = false;
					$timeout      = false;
					$current_time = time();
					foreach ( $result as $row ) {
						switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {
							case "_site_transient_$key" :
								$transient = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case "_site_transient_timeout_$key" :
								$timeout = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case 'current_time' :
								$current_time = $row['option_value'];
								break;
						}
					}
					if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > $current_time ) {
						return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
					}
				}
			}

			return false;
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->get( $key, $group, $force );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_init() {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( mt_rand( 1, 100 ) == 42 ) {

			wpaas_prune_transients();

		}

		add_action( 'muplugins_loaded', 'wpaas_init_sync_cache' );

		$wp_object_cache = new APCu_Object_Cache();

	}

	function wp_cache_replace( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->replace( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
	}

	function wp_cache_set( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) == false ) {
			if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
				return wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire );
			} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
				return wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire, true );
			} else {
				return $wp_object_cache->set( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
			}
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->delete( $key, $group );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_switch_to_blog( $blog_id ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->switch_to_blog( $blog_id );
	}

	function wp_cache_add_global_groups( $groups ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		$wp_object_cache->add_global_groups( $groups );
	}

	function wp_cache_add_non_persistent_groups( $groups ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		$wp_object_cache->add_non_persistent_groups( $groups );
	}

	class GD_APCu_Object_Cache {

		private $prefix = '';
		private $local_cache = array();
		private $global_groups = array();
		private $non_persistent_groups = array();
		private $multisite = false;
		private $blog_prefix = '';

		public function __construct() {
			global $table_prefix;

			$this->multisite   = is_multisite();
			$this->blog_prefix = $this->multisite ? get_current_blog_id() . ':' : '';
			$this->prefix      = DB_HOST . '.' . DB_NAME . '.' . $table_prefix;
		}

		private function get_group( $group ) {
			return empty( $group ) ? 'default' : $group;
		}

		private function get_key( $group, $key ) {
			if ( $this->multisite && ! isset( $this->global_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->prefix . '.' . $group . '.' . $this->blog_prefix . ':' . $key;
			} else {
				return $this->prefix . '.' . $group . '.' . $key;
			}
		}

		public function add( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( function_exists( 'wp_suspend_cache_addition' ) && wp_suspend_cache_addition() ) {
				return false;
			}
			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
				return false;
			}
			// FIXME: Somehow apcu_add does not return false if key already exists
			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) && apcu_exists( $key ) ) {
				return false;
			}

			if ( is_object( $data ) ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = clone $data;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = $data;
			}

			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return apcu_add( $key, $data, (int) $expire );
			}

			return true;
		}

		public function add_global_groups( $groups ) {
			if ( is_array( $groups ) ) {
				foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
					$this->global_groups[ $group ] = true;
				}
			} else {
				$this->global_groups[ $groups ] = true;
			}
		}

		public function add_non_persistent_groups( $groups ) {
			if ( is_array( $groups ) ) {
				foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
					$this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] = true;
				}
			} else {
				$this->non_persistent_groups[ $groups ] = true;
			}
		}

		public function decr( $key, $offset = 1, $group = 'default' ) {
			if ( $offset < 0 ) {
				return $this->incr( $key, abs( $offset ), $group );
			}

			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) && $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] - $offset >= 0 ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] -= $offset;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = 0;
			}

			if ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
			} else {
				$value = apcu_dec( $key, $offset );
				if ( $value < 0 ) {
					apcu_store( $key, 0 );

					return 0;
				}

				return $value;
			}
		}

		public function delete( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			unset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] );
			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return apcu_delete( $key );
			}

			return true;
		}

		public function flush() {
			$this->local_cache = array();
			// TODO: only clear our own entries
			apcu_clear_cache();

			return true;
		}

		public function get( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false, &$found = null ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( ! $force && isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
				$found = true;
				if ( is_object( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
					return clone $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
				} else {
					return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
				}
			} elseif ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				$found = false;

				return false;
			} else {
				$value = @apcu_fetch( $key, $found );
				if ( $found ) {
					if ( $force ) {
						$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = $value;
					}

					return $value;
				} else {
					return false;
				}
			}
		}

		public function incr2( $key, $offset = 1, $group = 'default' ) {
			if ( $offset < 0 ) {
				return $this->decr( $key, abs( $offset ), $group );
			}

			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) && $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] + $offset >= 0 ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] += $offset;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = 0;
			}

			if ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
			} else if ( function_exists( 'apcu_inc' ) ) {
				$value = apcu_inc( $key, $offset );
				if ( $value < 0 ) {
					apcu_store( $key, 0 );

					return 0;
				}

				return $value;
			}

			return false;
		}

		public function replace( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5720" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Venice-pictures.jpg" alt="Venice pictures" width="1200" height="900" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Venice-pictures.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Venice-pictures-300x225.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Venice-pictures-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Venice-pictures-768x576.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Venice-pictures-360x270.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />Many famous people fell in love with Venice, and we publish some amazing pictures of this romance. Jane Fonda, Sean Connery, Sophia Loren, <a href="https://oldpics.net/hemingway-and-alcohol-unknown-facts-and-pictures/">Ernest Hemingway</a>, Salvador Dali &#8211; all of them in street photography from this city of the 1960s. Don’t be surprised; there’re even pictures of elephants walking the streets of Venice. Why not.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These Venice pictures are the small part of the more than 300,000 negatives in the Venetian studio Cameraphoto. They have accumulated over a period spanning over sixty years.</span></p>
<h3>Venice archive</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vittorio Pavan, a former student and now owner of the Cameraphoto studio has become the extraordinary photo archive custodian. Despite continuous and painstaking care for the safety of negatives, they deteriorate quickly and inevitably. To preserve this historical legacy, the owner of the archive launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. He plans to raise funds to digitalize the original images and preserve high-resolution copies of these excellent Venice pictures.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Oldpcis selected 26 Venice pictures from the Cameraphoto archive. Take a look at Catherine Deneuve, Sean Connery, Sophia Loren, <a href="https://oldpics.net/ernest-hemingway-recuperating-after-his-injury-during-ww1/">Ernest Hemingway</a>, Salvador Dali, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda in the streets (well, sometimes in the waters) of this old city. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Genius writer Hemingway had a special feeling for Venice. The writer participated in WWI in the Venice area. Hemingway was wounded and spent several months while recuperating after an injury.</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/100-most-important-pictures-in-history/">100 most important pictures in history</a></h3>
<div id="attachment_5711" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5711" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5711" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-2.jpg" alt="Venice pictures of Paul Newman" width="900" height="1369" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-2.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-2-197x300.jpg 197w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-2-673x1024.jpg 673w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-2-768x1168.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-2-360x548.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5711" class="wp-caption-text">Paul Newman</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5712" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5712" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5712" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman.jpg" alt="Venice pictures of Paul Newman" width="900" height="796" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-300x265.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-768x679.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Paul-Newman-360x318.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5712" class="wp-caption-text">Paul Newman</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5718" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5718" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5718" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Walt-Disney.jpg" alt="Venice pictures of Walk Disney" width="900" height="1120" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Walt-Disney.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Walt-Disney-241x300.jpg 241w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Walt-Disney-823x1024.jpg 823w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Walt-Disney-768x956.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Walt-Disney-360x448.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5718" class="wp-caption-text">Walt Disney</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5715" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5715" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5715" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-Connery.jpg" alt="Sean Connery in Venice" width="900" height="1080" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-Connery.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-Connery-250x300.jpg 250w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-Connery-853x1024.jpg 853w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-Connery-768x922.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sean-Connery-360x432.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5715" class="wp-caption-text">Sean Connery</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5714" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5714" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5714" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Salvador-Dali.jpg" alt="Salvador Dali in Venice" width="900" height="1163" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Salvador-Dali.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Salvador-Dali-232x300.jpg 232w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Salvador-Dali-792x1024.jpg 792w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Salvador-Dali-768x992.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Salvador-Dali-360x465.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5714" class="wp-caption-text">Salvador Dali</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5713" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5713" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5713" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodger-Moore.jpg" alt="Venice pictures of Rodger Moore " width="900" height="1109" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodger-Moore.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodger-Moore-243x300.jpg 243w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodger-Moore-831x1024.jpg 831w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodger-Moore-768x946.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rodger-Moore-360x444.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5713" class="wp-caption-text">Rodger Moore</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5716" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5716" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5716" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophia-Loren-with-sister-Mari.jpg" alt="Sophia Loren with sister Mari" width="900" height="914" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophia-Loren-with-sister-Mari.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophia-Loren-with-sister-Mari-295x300.jpg 295w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophia-Loren-with-sister-Mari-768x780.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophia-Loren-with-sister-Mari-360x366.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5716" class="wp-caption-text">Sophia Loren with sister Mari</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5717" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5717" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5717" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Loren.jpg" alt="Venice Pictures of Sophie Loren" width="900" height="900" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Loren.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Loren-300x300.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Loren-150x150.jpg 150w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Loren-768x768.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sophie-Loren-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5717" class="wp-caption-text">Sophie Loren</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5710" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5710" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5710" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pablo-Picasso.jpg" alt="Pablo Picasso" width="900" height="1144" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pablo-Picasso.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pablo-Picasso-236x300.jpg 236w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pablo-Picasso-806x1024.jpg 806w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pablo-Picasso-768x976.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pablo-Picasso-360x458.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5710" class="wp-caption-text">Pablo Picasso</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5709" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5709" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5709" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mick-Jagger.jpg" alt="Venice pictures Mick Jagger" width="900" height="900" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mick-Jagger.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mick-Jagger-300x300.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mick-Jagger-150x150.jpg 150w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mick-Jagger-768x768.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Mick-Jagger-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5709" class="wp-caption-text">Mick Jagger</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5708" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5708" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5708" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marcello-mastroianni.jpg" alt="marcello mastroianni" width="900" height="845" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marcello-mastroianni.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marcello-mastroianni-300x282.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marcello-mastroianni-768x721.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/marcello-mastroianni-360x338.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5708" class="wp-caption-text">Marcello Mastroianni</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5707" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5707" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5707" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kirk-Douglas.jpg" alt="Kirk Douglas" width="900" height="916" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kirk-Douglas.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kirk-Douglas-295x300.jpg 295w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kirk-Douglas-768x782.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Kirk-Douglas-360x366.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5707" class="wp-caption-text">Kirk Douglas</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5706" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5706" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5706" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Katrin-Deniev.jpg" alt="Katrin Deneuve in Venice pictures" width="900" height="900" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Katrin-Deniev.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Katrin-Deniev-300x300.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Katrin-Deniev-150x150.jpg 150w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Katrin-Deniev-768x768.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Katrin-Deniev-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5706" class="wp-caption-text">Katrin Deneuve</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5705" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5705" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5705" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jane-Fonda.jpg" alt="Venice photos of Jane Fonda" width="900" height="966" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jane-Fonda.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jane-Fonda-280x300.jpg 280w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jane-Fonda-768x824.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Jane-Fonda-360x386.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5705" class="wp-caption-text">Jane Fonda</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5704" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5704" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5704" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ernst-Hemingway.jpg" alt="Ernest Hemingway in Venice" width="900" height="1152" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ernst-Hemingway.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ernst-Hemingway-234x300.jpg 234w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ernst-Hemingway-800x1024.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ernst-Hemingway-768x983.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ernst-Hemingway-360x461.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5704" class="wp-caption-text">Ernest Hemingway</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_5703" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5703" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5703" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Elephants-in-Venice.jpg" alt="Elephants in Venice" width="900" height="900" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Elephants-in-Venice.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Elephants-in-Venice-300x300.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Elephants-in-Venice-150x150.jpg 150w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Elephants-in-Venice-768x768.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Elephants-in-Venice-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5703" class="wp-caption-text">Elephants in the streets of Venice</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5702" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5702" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5702" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/David-Niven.jpg" alt="David Niven" width="900" height="916" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/David-Niven.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/David-Niven-295x300.jpg 295w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/David-Niven-768x782.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/David-Niven-360x366.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5702" class="wp-caption-text">David Niven</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5701" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5701" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5701" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Claudia-Cardinale.jpg" alt="Claudia Cardinale" width="900" height="840" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Claudia-Cardinale.jpg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Claudia-Cardinale-300x280.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Claudia-Cardinale-768x717.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Claudia-Cardinale-360x336.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5701" class="wp-caption-text">Claudia Cardinale</p></div>
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		<title>Fiat test track on the factory roof, the 1920s</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 10:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Fiat test track on the factory roof definitely was the coolest place on Earth for every car lover in the 1920s....</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5017" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-1920-.jpg" alt="Fiat test track on the factory roof, 1920" width="800" height="574" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-1920-.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-1920--300x215.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-1920--768x551.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-1920--360x258.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />The Fiat test track on the factory roof definitely was the coolest place on Earth for every car lover in the 1920s. And we may guess that Fiat was the most advanced car plant during this decade.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What happens when you give a person a paper, a pen, and ask him to write associations with the word &#8220;factory.&#8221; You’ll get such words as a dirty, ugly, noisy, industrial zone.</span></p>
<h3>How Fiat used its roof test track</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But the Italian architect Giacomo Matte-Trucco changed this associative array with just one building. He built a car factory, which Le Corbusier himself described as &#8220;one of the most impressive creations in industrial construction.&#8221; Yes, we mean the famous Fiat building with the test track on its roof.</span></p>
<h5>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/thomas-edison-and-his-electric-cars/">Thomas Edison and his electric car</a></h5>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The construction began in 1916 and took almost seven years. The factory was located in the Lingotto area of ​​Turin, Italy. The five-story building became the largest car plant in the world. All Fiat cars (including the legendary Fiat Topolino) were assembled there.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the last assemblage stage, the car drove to the roof of the plant, where. Each Fiat car had to drive on a roof test track until the engineers and drivers approved the mechanism is fine. The plant was both functional and stylish.</span></p>
<p>We know that <a href="https://oldpics.net/henry-ford-receiving-the-grand-cross-of-the-german-eagle-from-nazi-officials-1938/">Henry Ford received some overseas recognition for his car building talent</a>. This plant creator deserved this honor as well.</p>
<h3>What happened to the test track</h3>
<h3><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 15px; color: #333333; font-family: rubik;">The factory idyll ended in the 1970s. By this time, the plant was ideologically outdated. The car assembly system had changed, and it was not possible to rebuild the constructivist building for it. But it wasn’t so easy to demolish such architectural beauty.</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Italians demonstrated their exceptional creativity again. They announced a contest to re-qualify the building in 1982. The winning project involved the reconstruction of the plant into a cultural, shopping, and entertainment center.</span></p>
<h5>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/ford-mustang-on-the-empire-state-building-october-1965/">Ford Mustang on the Empire State Building, October 1965</a></h5>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And the Fiat test track on the roof is still there. Moreover, it holds competitions from time to time.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5016" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5016" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5016 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-was-the-most-advanced-place-in-the-car-building-world-of-1920s.jpg" alt="Fiat was a kind of Tesla of the 1920s." width="800" height="568" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-was-the-most-advanced-place-in-the-car-building-world-of-1920s.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-was-the-most-advanced-place-in-the-car-building-world-of-1920s-300x213.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-was-the-most-advanced-place-in-the-car-building-world-of-1920s-768x545.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-was-the-most-advanced-place-in-the-car-building-world-of-1920s-360x256.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5016" class="wp-caption-text">Fiat was a kind of Tesla of the 1920s.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5020" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5020" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5020" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Just-imagine-this-construction-in-1920s.jpg" alt="Fiat test track construction looked futuristic" width="800" height="540" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Just-imagine-this-construction-in-1920s.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Just-imagine-this-construction-in-1920s-300x203.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Just-imagine-this-construction-in-1920s-768x518.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Just-imagine-this-construction-in-1920s-360x243.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5020" class="wp-caption-text">The construction looked futuristic in the 1920s.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5021" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5021" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5021" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/This-view..jpg" alt="an aerial view of the Fiat roof test track" width="800" height="486" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/This-view..jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/This-view.-300x182.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/This-view.-768x467.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/This-view.-360x219.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5021" class="wp-caption-text">This view.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5018" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5018" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5018" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof.jpg" alt="Fiat test track on the factory roof" width="800" height="586" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-300x220.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-768x563.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-test-track-on-the-factory-roof-360x264.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5018" class="wp-caption-text">The track holds competitions even nowadays.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5019" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5019" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5019 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-was-proud-for-its-Plant.jpg" alt="Fiat was the glory of the Italian car building" width="800" height="532" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-was-proud-for-its-Plant.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-was-proud-for-its-Plant-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-was-proud-for-its-Plant-768x511.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiat-was-proud-for-its-Plant-360x239.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5019" class="wp-caption-text">Fiat was proud of its Plant.</p></div>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-4708 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mt-vesuvius-eruption-wwii-e1597928562454.jpg" alt="mt vesuvius eruption wwii" width="1000" height="760" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mt-vesuvius-eruption-wwii-e1597928562454.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mt-vesuvius-eruption-wwii-e1597928562454-300x228.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mt-vesuvius-eruption-wwii-e1597928562454-768x584.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mt-vesuvius-eruption-wwii-e1597928562454-360x274.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" />Mt Vesuvius eruption happened during the dramatic months of WWII. As you may know, Italy surrendered to allies in September 1943. Thus, this country formally <a href="https://oldpics.net/umberto-ii-king-of-italy-during-the-referendum-of-1946/">left WWII</a>. However, Germany immediately occupied several Italian regions. At the same time, the government-controlled territories began to serve as a springboard for the Allied troops. Primarily, southern districts of Italy served as a base location for the American aviation (the satirical book &#8220;Catch-22&#8221; tells about this aspect of the war). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Americans tried to destroy or drive out the unfinished groups of fascists. Although nature also made its adjustments to the combat and strategic situation.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This colorized photograph shows a squadron of B-25 bombers on a combat mission on March 15, 1944. Their aim was the abbey of Monte Cassino, which became a Nazi stronghold.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unfortunately, not all aircraft were as lucky as the one in photo: the eruption covered the US airbase near the city of Pompeii. Ashes destroyed up to 88 aircraft immediately. Mt Vesuvius eruption was the largest non-combat loss for the Allies during WWII.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4709" style="width: 1189px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4709" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4709 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volcanic-ash-buried-the-tail-section-of-the-B-25.-March-23-1944--e1597928670324.jpg" alt="Volcanic ash from Mt Vesuvius buried the tail section of the B-25 bomber, March 23, 1944" width="1179" height="786" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volcanic-ash-buried-the-tail-section-of-the-B-25.-March-23-1944--e1597928670324.jpg 1179w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volcanic-ash-buried-the-tail-section-of-the-B-25.-March-23-1944--e1597928670324-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volcanic-ash-buried-the-tail-section-of-the-B-25.-March-23-1944--e1597928670324-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volcanic-ash-buried-the-tail-section-of-the-B-25.-March-23-1944--e1597928670324-768x512.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Volcanic-ash-buried-the-tail-section-of-the-B-25.-March-23-1944--e1597928670324-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4709" class="wp-caption-text">Volcanic ash from Mt Vesuvius buried the tail section of the B-25 bomber, March 23, 1944.</p></div>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-4577" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking.jpg" alt="Andrea Doria Sinking" width="986" height="622" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking.jpg 948w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-300x189.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-768x484.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-360x227.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px" />The cold waters of the North Atlantic became a graveyard for many ships. One of them was the Italian liner, Andrea Doria. This vessel was ending its voyage from Europe to New York. It crossed the Atlantic 101 times before but fatally collided with the Swedish passenger ship &#8220;Stockholm&#8221; on July 25, 1956. The sinking of Andrea Doria attracted attention globe-wide. </span></p>
<h4><a href="https://oldpics.net/all-pulitzer-prize-photos-1942-1967/">Read more: All Pulitzer Winning Photos (1942-1967)</a></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harry A. Trask was a lucky photographer at Boston Traveler who captured the final moments of the ship. His historical pictures of sinking Andrea Doria liner received a Pulitzer Award a year later, in 1957.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4578" style="width: 911px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4578" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4578" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-2.jpg" alt="Andrea Doria was sinking during several hours" width="901" height="740" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-2.jpg 901w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-2-300x246.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-2-768x631.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-2-220x180.jpg 220w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-2-360x296.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4578" class="wp-caption-text">Andrea Doria was sinking for several hours. Harry Trask captured the last nine minutes of vessel life.</p></div>
<h3>Unexpected collision</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Andrea Doria sinking accident shouldn&#8217;t have happened, especially given the bitter experience of the <a href="https://oldpics.net/the-last-photo-of-titanic/">Titanic disaster</a>. After the crash<a href="https://oldpics.net/titanic-survivors-on-lifeboats-1912/"> of 1912</a>, the design of ocean liners changed forever. New vessels used enhanced waterproof partitions, the number of lifeboats was abnormous, and most importantly, radar became a mandatory device on all ocean-going ships. By 1956, about 6 million passengers were traveling between America and Europe, with no collisions or other ship accidents. The world was sure that a disaster like the tragedy of the Titanic liner would never happen again. But this was a delusion.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many passengers crossing the Atlantic believed that America would have more opportunities than Italy. The passengers of Andria Doria shared this dream too. More than half of the passengers, totaling 1,100, were immigrants hoping to start a new life in the United States. There was the first class too: politicians, movie stars, and world-class musicians.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sixteen hundred and fifty passengers survive the wreck. Fifty-one others are lost beneath the sea.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_4580" style="width: 486px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4580" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4580 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Photographer-Harry-Trask-holds-one-of-the-photographs-in-the-Pulitzer-winning-sequence.-e1597226417967.jpg" alt="Harry Trask and his famous image" width="476" height="529" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Photographer-Harry-Trask-holds-one-of-the-photographs-in-the-Pulitzer-winning-sequence.-e1597226417967.jpg 476w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Photographer-Harry-Trask-holds-one-of-the-photographs-in-the-Pulitzer-winning-sequence.-e1597226417967-270x300.jpg 270w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Photographer-Harry-Trask-holds-one-of-the-photographs-in-the-Pulitzer-winning-sequence.-e1597226417967-360x400.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4580" class="wp-caption-text">Harry Trask and his famous image</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4581" style="width: 958px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4581" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4581" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-luxury-Italian-liner-Andrea-Doria-listing-heavily-starboard-in-the-final-moments-of-her-death-throes-1956.-.jpg" alt="The luxury Italian liner Andrea Doria, listing heavily starboard in the final moments of her death throes, 1956." width="948" height="731" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-luxury-Italian-liner-Andrea-Doria-listing-heavily-starboard-in-the-final-moments-of-her-death-throes-1956.-.jpg 458w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-luxury-Italian-liner-Andrea-Doria-listing-heavily-starboard-in-the-final-moments-of-her-death-throes-1956.--300x231.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-luxury-Italian-liner-Andrea-Doria-listing-heavily-starboard-in-the-final-moments-of-her-death-throes-1956.--360x277.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4581" class="wp-caption-text">The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria, listing heavily starboard in the final moments of her death throes, 1956.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4579" style="width: 944px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4579" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4579" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-3.jpg" alt="Andrea Doria slept under water" width="934" height="754" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-3.jpg 934w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-3-300x242.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-3-768x620.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Andrea-Doria-Sinking-3-360x291.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4579" class="wp-caption-text">The very last moment of Andrea Doria</p></div>
<h3>The night of the disaster</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On July 25, 1956, the weather was beautiful over the North Atlantic. The Andrea Doria was due to arrive in New York the next morning. Passengers on the upper deck were enjoying the summer sun as the weather changed dramatically. Mist abruptly enveloped the passenger ship. It was so dense that it was difficult to see my hand. For safety reasons, Captain Calamai ordered the compartments battened down, but the ship&#8217;s speed did not slow down. The captain had to get to the port of New York the next morning. In case of delay, the carrier company must pay each passenger two dollars and fifty cents for each extra hour spent on board. The liner speed remained high at 23 knots. The passengers suspected nothing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A festive atmosphere reigned aboard the Andrea Doria liner; nobody could imagine it will be sinking during the next ten hours.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ship was sailing in the fog; the radar was functioning. The captain Calamai carefully peered into the mist. At 23:45, a point appeared on the radar of the Andrea Doria liner &#8211; at a distance of 12 miles at full speed 18 knots, the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm was floating. His captain Nordenson dined in his cabin, leaving the bridge under the command of a young 3rd rank officer, Johansson. Soon the Andrea Doria appeared on the Stockholm radar. The distance between the ships was inexorably decreasing &#8211; they approached one mile every one and a half minutes. Experts still do not understand why both ships changed their trajectory during the last minutes before the collision. But they did so, and a tragic accident happened soon after.</span></p>
<h3>The Pulitzer winning capture</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The next morning, a chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane circles low over the abandoned liner. A Boston Traveler photographer Harry Trask was in this aircraft. As the tiny plane clips and turns, Trask becomes violently airsick. Although, the cameraman continued to press the shutter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Photographerappeared above the sinking Andrea Doria on the airplane nine minutes before the ship disappeared entirely under the waves. His photography sequence won a <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/271">Pulitzer Prize in 1957.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I asked the pilot to fly a bit closer so I could record it with my Graphic camera. As we circled, I could see how Andrea Doria was gradually sinking below the surface. As the air from the cabins rose to the surface, the water foamed. Debris and empty lifeboats were scattered even-where. In nine minutes, it was all over.&#8221; The tardy, airsick news photographer took 16 pictures. </span></p>
<p>Harry Trask joined a good company of outstanding photographers who won the prestigious Pulitzer Award in the photography section. T<a href="https://oldpics.net/pulitzer-prize-photography-homecoming-by-earle-bunker/">he Homecoming,</a> <a href="https://oldpics.net/pulitzer-prize-photography-water-by-frank-noel-1943/">The Water!</a>, and <a href="https://oldpics.net/pulitzer-prize-photography-ford-strikers-riot-1942/">Ford Strikers Riot</a> were already in the list of winners.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the wreck of the Italian ship Andrea Doria, people switched to flights across the Atlantic by airplane rather than by ocean liner.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4564" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Umberto-II-King-of-Italy.jpg" alt="Umberto II, King of Italy during the Referendum of 1946" width="960" height="828" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Umberto-II-King-of-Italy.jpg 960w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Umberto-II-King-of-Italy-300x259.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Umberto-II-King-of-Italy-768x662.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Umberto-II-King-of-Italy-360x311.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" />In this photo Umberto II, the last monarch ruler Italy is participating in the referendum on the abolition of the monarch. There’s no doubt that Umberto II voted to keep Italy as Monarchy during this plebiscite, on the 2nd of June, 1946. Nonetheless, Italians had a different point of view. 12 million voters supported the establishment of the republic, while 10 million agreed on the monarchy.</span></p>
<h3>The short record of Umberto II</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Umberto, II was the very last king of Italy. He had a nickname ‘May King’  because he ruled only 34 days — from May 9, 1946, to June 12, 1946. It took ten days to count the votes, after what Italy became a republic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the same time, Umberto II ruled Italy for a bit longer period de-facto. His father, King Victor, passed the rule to his son in 1944 when Rome was freed from the German occupation. Don’t be confused, the only reason Victor allowed his son to rule, was his unpopularity.</span></p>
<h3>The royal gay-catholic?</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Umberto was raised in an authoritarian and militaristic style. Parents taught him <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Umberto-II">&#8220;show exaggerated respect for his father&#8221;</a>; as in private and public Umberto always kneel down and kiss his father&#8217;s hand before speak. Even in adulthood, and he had to stand still and greet when his father entered the room. Like the other princes of Savoy before him, Umberto received a military education;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Umberto II was married to Marie José of Belgium, but it was a kind of facade for the real love of Italian Monarch. Newspapers published a lot of witnesses of the homosexual life of Umberto II in Italy. His partners’ list supposedly involved Italian screenwriter Luchino Visconti and French artist Jean Marais. Some historians claim that Benito Mussolini had a dossier on Umberto’s private life for blackmail plans. Interestingly, <a href="https://oldpics.net/adolf-hitler-during-ww1-historical-facts-and-pictures/">Adolf Hitler</a> also knew about this sex specifics of the Italian prince. He feared that Umberto II will become the formal (the real power was in Mussolini’s hands) ruler of the Germany ally. Here’s why Furer offered several times to abolish the monarchy and get rid of the royal family.</span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>  Ernest Hemingway confessed once that the main reason for his trip to Italy in 1948 was the inspiration. He wrote his...</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-4241" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-october-11-12-1948-Hemingway-and-Pivano-walking-around-Cortina.jpg" alt="Hemingway Pivano" width="1028" height="683" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-october-11-12-1948-Hemingway-and-Pivano-walking-around-Cortina.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-october-11-12-1948-Hemingway-and-Pivano-walking-around-Cortina-300x199.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-october-11-12-1948-Hemingway-and-Pivano-walking-around-Cortina-360x239.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px" /></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ernest Hemingway confessed once that the main reason for his trip to Italy in 1948 was the inspiration. He wrote his previous masterpiece &#8216;For whom the Bell Tolls, nine years before, and the writer was desperately looking for the new creativity boost. Hemingway decided to visit places <a href="https://oldpics.net/ernest-hemingway-recuperating-after-his-injury-during-ww1/">where he served during WW1, where he was injured, and the hospital</a> where he fell in love for the first time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1948 Italy overcame the consequences of the Mussolini rule, removed the fascism from their political system, and elected the democratic parliament just months before. An Interesting one: Mussolini didn&#8217;t like the novels of Hemingway, and publishers didn&#8217;t dare to translate his works into Italian. This ban had no place in post-war Italy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During a windy November, Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary stayed in the tiny hotel the Locanda Cipriani in Torcello, not far from Venice, Italy. This isolated settlement counted several dozens of citizens. This location was famous for Cipriani&#8217;s founding and three buildings—the basilica, the church of Santa Fosca, and the baptistery—that are more than a thousand years old.</span></p>
<h3>The spirits of the Hemingway trip to Italy</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hemingway liked Torcello so much that he devoted his short essay to it. The text starts with a wink: &#8220;For we, who love the lagoon, it makes no difference if Attila sat in the chair or if he did not. I doubt if he did. It is enough for me that Cipriani sat in it.&#8221; Hemingway mentions Attila the Hun, who raided this Italian region during the fifth century. Outside the cathedral is a stone bench that is associated with Attila&#8217;s Throne.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At 49, a genius writer still <a href="https://oldpics.net/ernest-hemingway-and-a-dead-cat/">was an avid hunter.</a> Of course, Hemingway didn&#8217;t miss an opportunity to shoot a few ducks during his stay in Italy.</span></p>
<h3>A little writer&#8217;s trick</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, Hemingway decided to endorse Giuseppe Cipriani, the owner of the Locanda, and Harry&#8217;s Bar in Venice. The writer mentioned him in the novel that came after Italian travels, Across the River, and into the Trees (1950). We can assume that the<a href="https://oldpics.net/hemingway-and-alcohol-unknown-facts-and-pictures/"> famous alcohol lover,</a> Hemingway spent some good nights at this bar. </span></p>
<p>Hemingway recalled his Italian trip warmly as he got what he wanted. He met old friends and refreshed his creativity while visiting the places of his youth. He will repeat this inspiration trick at least once in the future when he&#8217;ll <a href="https://oldpics.net/the-dangerous-summer-of-ernest-hemingway-in-pictures-spain-1958/">go to Spain for the second time.</a></p>
<div id="attachment_4253" style="width: 538px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4253" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4253" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.Hemingway-on-the-Hotel-Gritti-terrace.-On-the-background-thernchurch-of-the-Salute.jpg" alt="Venice Hemingway church of the Salute" width="528" height="624" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.Hemingway-on-the-Hotel-Gritti-terrace.-On-the-background-thernchurch-of-the-Salute.jpg 528w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.Hemingway-on-the-Hotel-Gritti-terrace.-On-the-background-thernchurch-of-the-Salute-254x300.jpg 254w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.Hemingway-on-the-Hotel-Gritti-terrace.-On-the-background-thernchurch-of-the-Salute-360x425.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4253" class="wp-caption-text">Venice 1948.Hemingway on the Hotel Gritti terrace. On the background, the church of the Salute.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4238" style="width: 1047px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4238" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4238" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-1948.-A-conversation-between-Hemingway-and-Mary.jpg" alt="Hemingway and Mary" width="1037" height="829" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-1948.-A-conversation-between-Hemingway-and-Mary.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-1948.-A-conversation-between-Hemingway-and-Mary-300x240.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-1948.-A-conversation-between-Hemingway-and-Mary-360x288.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4238" class="wp-caption-text">Cortina 1948. A conversation between Hemingway and Mary</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4246" style="width: 659px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4246" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4246 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/he-plaque-monument-marking-the-place-where-Hemingway-was-wounded.jpg" alt="Hemingway wound monument" width="649" height="441" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/he-plaque-monument-marking-the-place-where-Hemingway-was-wounded.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/he-plaque-monument-marking-the-place-where-Hemingway-was-wounded-300x204.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/he-plaque-monument-marking-the-place-where-Hemingway-was-wounded-360x245.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4246" class="wp-caption-text">Fossalta di Piave is the plaque-monument marking the place where Hemingway was wounded. The writer returned here with Fernanda Pivano in 1948, looking for the exact location where he contacted the Austrian artillery fire. He dug a tiny hole with a pen-knife and inserted thousand lire note to give back the pension he had received</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4240" style="width: 911px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4240" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4240" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-October-12.jpg" alt="Hemingway and Pivano" width="901" height="650" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-October-12.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-October-12-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-October-12-360x260.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4240" class="wp-caption-text">Cortina, Hotel Concordia, October 12, 1948. Hemingway and Pivano in the room with fruit, flowers, and two bottles of Valpolicella.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4244" style="width: 867px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4244" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4244" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Franchetti.rnrnCaorle-Valle-San-Gaetano-1948.-Hemingway-with-baron-Nanuk-Franchetti.jpg" alt="Hemingway with baron Nanuk Franchetti" width="857" height="615" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Franchetti.rnrnCaorle-Valle-San-Gaetano-1948.-Hemingway-with-baron-Nanuk-Franchetti.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Franchetti.rnrnCaorle-Valle-San-Gaetano-1948.-Hemingway-with-baron-Nanuk-Franchetti-300x215.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Franchetti.rnrnCaorle-Valle-San-Gaetano-1948.-Hemingway-with-baron-Nanuk-Franchetti-360x258.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 857px) 100vw, 857px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4244" class="wp-caption-text">Hemingway with baron Nanuk Franchetti</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4243" style="width: 790px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4243" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4243 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-among-wine-barrels-after-appreciating-Valpolicella-and-Amarone-wines..jpg" alt="Hemingway in winery" width="780" height="766" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-among-wine-barrels-after-appreciating-Valpolicella-and-Amarone-wines..jpg 780w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-among-wine-barrels-after-appreciating-Valpolicella-and-Amarone-wines.-300x295.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-among-wine-barrels-after-appreciating-Valpolicella-and-Amarone-wines.-768x754.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-among-wine-barrels-after-appreciating-Valpolicella-and-Amarone-wines.-360x354.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4243" class="wp-caption-text">Ernest Hemingway among wine barrels, after appreciating Valpolicella and Amarone wines.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4239" style="width: 636px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4239" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4239" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-1948.-Hemingway-reading.jpg" alt="Hemingway reading Italy" width="626" height="780" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-1948.-Hemingway-reading.jpg 626w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-1948.-Hemingway-reading-241x300.jpg 241w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Cortina-Hotel-Concordia-1948.-Hemingway-reading-360x449.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4239" class="wp-caption-text">Cortina, Hotel Concordia, 1948. Hemingway reading</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4248" style="width: 916px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4248" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4248" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Island-of-Torcello-1948.-Hemingway-on-a-hunting-trip.rn©-Graziano-Arici.jpg" alt="Hemingway on a hunting trip." width="906" height="719" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Island-of-Torcello-1948.-Hemingway-on-a-hunting-trip.rn©-Graziano-Arici.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Island-of-Torcello-1948.-Hemingway-on-a-hunting-trip.rn©-Graziano-Arici-300x238.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Island-of-Torcello-1948.-Hemingway-on-a-hunting-trip.rn©-Graziano-Arici-360x286.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4248" class="wp-caption-text">The Island of Torcello, 1948. Hemingway on a hunting trip.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4252" style="width: 526px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4252" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4252" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.-An-athletic-Hemingway-getting-off-the-gondola-at-the-HotelrnGritti.jpg" alt="Hemingway Italy Gritti" width="516" height="717" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.-An-athletic-Hemingway-getting-off-the-gondola-at-the-HotelrnGritti.jpg 449w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.-An-athletic-Hemingway-getting-off-the-gondola-at-the-HotelrnGritti-216x300.jpg 216w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948.-An-athletic-Hemingway-getting-off-the-gondola-at-the-HotelrnGritti-360x500.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4252" class="wp-caption-text">Venice 1948. An athletic Hemingway getting off the gondola at the Hotel Gritti</p></div>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4254" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-Hotel-Gritti-October-31-1948.-Hemingway-and-Mary-on-thernterrace.jpg" alt="" width="649" height="431" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-Hotel-Gritti-October-31-1948.-Hemingway-and-Mary-on-thernterrace.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-Hotel-Gritti-October-31-1948.-Hemingway-and-Mary-on-thernterrace-300x199.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-Hotel-Gritti-October-31-1948.-Hemingway-and-Mary-on-thernterrace-360x239.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px" /></p>
<div id="attachment_4251" style="width: 659px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4251" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4251" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-market.-Hemingway-writing-down-the-name-of-the-fish.jpg" alt="Hemingway Italy Rialto market" width="649" height="424" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-market.-Hemingway-writing-down-the-name-of-the-fish.jpg 649w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-market.-Hemingway-writing-down-the-name-of-the-fish-300x196.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-market.-Hemingway-writing-down-the-name-of-the-fish-360x235.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4251" class="wp-caption-text">Venice, 1948, Rialto market. Hemingway writing down the name of the fish</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4250" style="width: 505px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4250" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4250" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-Market-a-curious-Hemignway-at-the-fish-stands.jpg" alt="" width="495" height="780" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-Market-a-curious-Hemignway-at-the-fish-stands.jpg 495w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-Market-a-curious-Hemignway-at-the-fish-stands-190x300.jpg 190w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venice-1948-Rialto-Market-a-curious-Hemignway-at-the-fish-stands-360x567.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4250" class="wp-caption-text">Venice 1948, Rialto Market, a curious Hemingway at the fish stands</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4249" style="width: 1049px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4249" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4249 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venezia-1948-Hemingway-in-gondola-allo-stazio-dellHotel-Gritti.jpg" alt="Hemingway Venice " width="1039" height="746" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venezia-1948-Hemingway-in-gondola-allo-stazio-dellHotel-Gritti.jpg 1039w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venezia-1948-Hemingway-in-gondola-allo-stazio-dellHotel-Gritti-300x215.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venezia-1948-Hemingway-in-gondola-allo-stazio-dellHotel-Gritti-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venezia-1948-Hemingway-in-gondola-allo-stazio-dellHotel-Gritti-768x551.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Venezia-1948-Hemingway-in-gondola-allo-stazio-dellHotel-Gritti-360x258.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1039px) 100vw, 1039px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4249" class="wp-caption-text">Venezia 1948, Hemingway in gondola allo stazio dell&#8217;Hotel Gritti</p></div>
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		<title>Ernest Hemingway recuperating after his injury during WW1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-4233" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-injury-WW1-e1594383614849.jpg" alt="Ernest Hemingway injury WW1" width="555" height="659" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-injury-WW1-e1594383614849.jpg 464w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-injury-WW1-e1594383614849-253x300.jpg 253w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ernest-Hemingway-injury-WW1-e1594383614849-360x428.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px" />An unknown cameraman captured Ernest Hemingway during rehabilitation after his injury in WW1. A young writer couldn&#8217;t stand on his legs in a Hospital of Milan after the mortar fire wounded him.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ernest Hemingway participated in WWI as a volunteer. Writer&#8217;s war history didn&#8217;t mean to be heroic as he served in Italy as an ambulance driver with the American Red Cross. In June 1918, while operating a mobile kitchen distributing chocolate and cigarettes for combatants, he was wounded by an Austrian shell explosion. &#8220;Then there was a flash, as when a blast-furnace door is twirled open, and a cry that started white and went red,&#8221; Hemingway recalled his injury in a letter home.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hemingway ignored his wounds and transported an injured Italian officer to safety. He caught another bullet from the machine-guns while doing this heroic deed. Later Hemingway got the Silver Medal of Valor from the Italian Ministry of Defence for this historical episode.</span></p>
<h3>How Hemingway recuperated after injury</h3>
<p>Hemingway spent over a year in Europe but he fell in love with the Old Continent. He visited many European countries later, including Italy, <a href="https://oldpics.net/the-dangerous-summer-of-ernest-hemingway-in-pictures-spain-1958/">Spain</a>, and France, looking for inspiration and new characters for his books.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hemingway remembered those events later in Men at War: &#8220;When you go to war as a kid, you have a high illusion of immortality. Other guys get killed; not you. . . . Then when you catch your bullet for the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you. After being severely wounded two weeks before my nineteenth birthday, I had a bad time until I figured out that nothing could happen to me that had not happened to all men before me. Whatever I had to do, men had always done. If they had done it, then I could do it too, and the best thing was not to worry about it.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rehabilitation took long six months in a Milan hospital. During that period, Hemingway fell in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, an American Red Cross nurse. The rumor has it that this Hospital of Milan was full of <a href="https://oldpics.net/hemingway-and-alcohol-unknown-facts-and-pictures/">wine</a> and cats, and injured soldiers spent their time with pets. Who knows, maybe those six months made <a href="https://oldpics.net/ernest-hemingway-and-his-cats/">Ernest Hemingway a famous cat-lover.</a> This romantic event completed the transformation of Ernest Hemingway from a young boy from Oak Park, Illinois, to a different, adult man. WW1 granted him invaluable life experience that included combat and love. Changes in his character were exciting.</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<div id="attachment_4229" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4229" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4229" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Men-of-the-Australian-9th-Infantry-Division-guard-Italians-and-some-of-the-first-German-prisoners-to-be-taken-during-the-war-in-North-Africa-after-Rommels-first-unsuccessful-assault-on-Tobruk-in-1941-.jpg" alt="Australian soldiers capture Italians, WW2" width="800" height="791" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Men-of-the-Australian-9th-Infantry-Division-guard-Italians-and-some-of-the-first-German-prisoners-to-be-taken-during-the-war-in-North-Africa-after-Rommels-first-unsuccessful-assault-on-Tobruk-in-1941-.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Men-of-the-Australian-9th-Infantry-Division-guard-Italians-and-some-of-the-first-German-prisoners-to-be-taken-during-the-war-in-North-Africa-after-Rommels-first-unsuccessful-assault-on-Tobruk-in-1941--300x297.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Men-of-the-Australian-9th-Infantry-Division-guard-Italians-and-some-of-the-first-German-prisoners-to-be-taken-during-the-war-in-North-Africa-after-Rommels-first-unsuccessful-assault-on-Tobruk-in-1941--768x759.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Men-of-the-Australian-9th-Infantry-Division-guard-Italians-and-some-of-the-first-German-prisoners-to-be-taken-during-the-war-in-North-Africa-after-Rommels-first-unsuccessful-assault-on-Tobruk-in-1941--360x356.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4229" class="wp-caption-text">Men of the Australian 9th Infantry Division guard Italians and some of the first German prisoners to be taken during the war in North Africa, after Rommel&#8217;s first unsuccessful assault on Tobruk in 1941</p></div>
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<p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">The allied forces in the Northern Africa outnumbered the armies under Rommel&#8217;s command. And nonetheless, german authority tried to leverage the high battle morale in Axis forces of 1941, and attack the opposing forces everywhere. The numerous assaults ended up with defeated and imprisonment. </p>
<p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">The major part of german troops in Africa consisted of Italians. There is little doubt that the fighting quality of the Italian army was inferior to the German army. But like in France, it was hardly the average soldier’s fault. Mussolini had dragged the country into a war it was not ready for, and it showed. The Italian army was equipped with obsolete and poorly designed equipment such as the L3 tankette and the Carcano rifle.</p>
<p class="_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Then there is the issue of the Italian industry. Italy had a relatively small industrial base, with a strong peasant base. At one point in 1942, Italian divisions were at a deficit of 15,000 artillery guns, while Italian factories could only produce about 8 percent of that number in a year.</p>
<p>The Italian history in WW2 ended up when allied forces intervened it 1943. Mussolini quickly lost his power, and Italy managed to exit the war with much<a href="https://oldpics.net/raising-a-flag-over-the-reichstag-by-yevgeniy-khaldei1945/"> lesser damages than their allies.</a></p>
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		<title>Coca-Cola advertising made by pigeons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<div id="attachment_2771" style="width: 1610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2771" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2771" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coca-cola-in-italia-venezia-piazza-san-marco-1600x1094-1.jpg" alt="coca-cola advertising Venice" width="1600" height="1094" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coca-cola-in-italia-venezia-piazza-san-marco-1600x1094-1.jpg 1600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coca-cola-in-italia-venezia-piazza-san-marco-1600x1094-1-300x205.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coca-cola-in-italia-venezia-piazza-san-marco-1600x1094-1-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coca-cola-in-italia-venezia-piazza-san-marco-1600x1094-1-768x525.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/coca-cola-in-italia-venezia-piazza-san-marco-1600x1094-1-1536x1050.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2771" class="wp-caption-text">The famous Coca-cola pigeon advertising in Venice</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coca-cola topped the marketing creativity charted many times. One of their brightest advertising creations was made in the late 1960s, in Venice. It was a time when the company introduced 12-ounce metal cans that were previously used in the army only.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marketing idea itself was pretty simple: Coke’s team from the Europian branch just spread out a huge amount of birdseed in St. Mark’s Square in the shape of their logo. Birds covered the seeds immediately and it now it could be clearly seen the Coca Cola logo. Photo was taken by a local photographer and it remains a very famous piece of advertising today. Interestingly, the company’s representative tried to get the council’s consent for this event, but city authority neither approved nor declined this request. Marketers decide to complete the event no matter what as it wasn’t prohibited to feed the pigeons overall.</span></p>


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