Instituto degli Innocenti-Piazza Annunziata-originally an orphanage
This is the door I described in the journal-where the poorest and most desperate of mothers would leave their babies...
Inside this building is the photo exhibition.
The two girls are my friends here-Salima on the left and Suki on the right.
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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... [read more]
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... [read more] Blog: The Parucchiere
Date: November 19th 2004
November 13-19 THE PARUCCHIERE November 13th 6pm I’ve just walked out of the hair dressers with lovely stripes…Italian style stripes, that is, so that makes it ok. AH! A friend and I walked to several salons and finally chose this one, though both of us glared at one another several times with unease throughout the experience. Not only did the first coloring on my scalp burn like hell, but ... read more
Date: November 19th 2004
November 13-19 THE PARUCCHIERE November 13th 6pm I’ve just walked out of the hair dressers with lovely stripes…Italian style stripes, that is, so that makes it ok. AH! A friend and I walked to several salons and finally chose this one, though both of us glared at one another several times with unease throughout the experience. Not only did the first coloring on my scalp burn like hell, but ... read more
