La Domenica del Corriere
13 December 1914
La Partenza dei Bersaglieri da Napoli: Partenza dell'eroico 11° bersaglieri da Napoli per Ancona: signore e popolane infiorano i soldati nel piazzale della stazione.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Friday, December 7, 2012
Un Matrimonio Movimentato
La Domenica del Corriere
18 maggio 1958
UN MATRIMONIO MOVIMENTATO: Un giovane di parola. Alla vigilia delle nozze Francesco D., abitante in una borgata della Valle Imagna, scese a Bergamo per ritirare il braccialetto che doveva offrire alla fidanzata. Sulla via del ritorno fu investito da un camion. Raggiunse la propria casa. Il mattino dopo, abbondantemente bendato, il giovane, per non mancare alla parola data, si presentò in chiesa. E qui attese la propria sposa. Questa, vedendolo così conciato, svenne. Quando riprese i sensi, la cerimonia ebbe luogo. Il sacerdote benedisse le nozze e si compiacque con Francesco per la forza d'animo.
AN EVENTFUL WEDDING: A young man of his word. On the eve of the wedding of Francesco D., living in a township of the Imagna Valley, went to Italy to pick up the bracelet to be offered to his girlfriend. On the way back he was hit by a truck. He reached his home. The next morning, heavily bandaged, the youth, not to break his word, went to church. And here was waiting his own wife. This, seeing the state he was in, she fainted. When he recovered consciousness, the ceremony took place. The priest blessed the wedding and was pleased with Francesco's fortitude.
Please excuse the TERRIBLE translation, my Italian is still not very good! But I thought the story was too great not to share in English.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Tersicore per le strade di Vienna
La Domenica del Corriere
23 June 1929
Tersicore per le strade di Vienna: Tersicore nella strada. Una danza delle insegnanti di ballo, nel Corteo delle Industrie, che si è svolto in questi giorni a Vienna.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Ponte di Marisa
La Domenica del Corriere
2 February 1958
Un'insolita richiesta esaudita: Come in una fiaba. Nella letterina scritta alla Befana ai primi dello scorso gennaio, la piccola Marisa Leonzio, figlia di un agricoltore di Gorgo, frazione di Rosignano Solvay (Livorno), chiedeva che le regalassero un ponte, ma un ponte vero da gettare sul torrente Chioma che lei doveva attraversare ogni mattina per andare a scuola. Una casa cinematografica, venuta al corrente di questo, ha esaudito il suo desiderio e ha fatto costruire il ponte. E lei, gentile scolaretta, c'è passata per prima il giorno in cui, alla presenza delle autorità, lo si è inaugurato.
Life Magazine
3 February 1958
In Nibbiaia, Italy, Marisa Leonzio, 8, stood on a new bridge and waved as schoolmates clustered behind her. Marisa had to ford the stream every day on foot or oxcart to get to school. She wrote a fourth-grade composition about it which was printed in the papers. When he read it, an Italian film distributor had the bridge built, named Ponte di Marisa after her.
Monday, September 17, 2012
I sovrani
La Domenica del Corriere
13 May 1900
I sovrani visitano gli scavi del foro Romano nella ricorrenza del 2653° natalizio di Roma
The King and Queen visit the excavations of the Roman Forum on the occasion of Christmas 2653° Rome
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Fido
La Domenica del Corriere
22 June 1958
La morte del cane Fido: E' morto Fido. Il cane, al quale era stata assegnata una medaglia d'oro ed eretto un monumento, è morto. La sua storia è quanto mai commovente. Nel 1943 perse il padrone, vittima di un bombardamento aereo. Per quattordici anni, tutte le sere, la brava bestiola si recò ad attendere la corriera che solitamente riportava il suo amico a Luco di Mugello e si fermava finchè non c'era più speranza di vederlo. Da qualche tempo, stanco e deperito, aveva sospeso le visite. L'altro giorno, presentendo la fine, volle recarsi all'ultimo appuntamento. Due ragazzi trovarono il suo corpo inerte sulla strada.
The death of the dog Fido: And Fido is dead. The dog, who had been awarded a gold medal and a monument, has died. His story is very touching. In 1943 he lost his master, the victim of an air raid. For fourteen years, every night, the good animal went to wait for the bus that usually brought his friend into Luco di Mugello and stopped until there was no more hope of seeing him. For some time, tired and emaciated, he had suspended visits. The other day, sensing the end, he wanted to go to the last appointment. Two boys found his lifeless body on the road.
Many dogs are named Fido, but the most famous of all was an Italian streetdog who was born in the Autumn of 1941 in Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy.
A street dog without a home, Fido was found by Carlo Soriani, injured and lying in a ditch. Soriani was a brick-kiln worker returning home, and not knowing where the dog came from, he brought the dog home and with his wife, they nursed the dog back to health. They adopted him and gave him the name 'Fido', a Latin name meaning 'faithful'. Extremely loyal to his master, Fido would follow Soriani to the bus stop as he left for work, and would wait patiently in the piazza until the bus would bring him back, and the pair would walk home together. This continued for two years, but on the 30th of December 1943, during World War II, Borgo San Lorenzo was attacked by allies, and many factories, including the one in which Soriani worked, were hit. Soriani tragically lost his life on this day. Fido, however, did not know what had happened to his master and went back to the bus stop that night, waiting for his return. Eventually he went back home, but for the next fourteen years, the ever faithful companion would go to the bus stop at the piazza, waiting for Soriani to come back. Many were enamoured and touched by his faithfulness, and his story was told by Italian magazines and on the newsreels. On the 9th of November 1957, the mayor of Borgo San Lorenzo awarded Fido a gold medal in front of Soriani's widow and many townspeople. The sculptor Salvatore Cipolla was commissioned by the town to sculpt the dog in honour of his love and faithfulness. The finished work was displayed in Piazza Dante. However, mere months after its placement, vandals destroyed the majolica statue, and Cipolla was commissioned to recreate his original work in bronze, still seen in Piazza Dante.
On the 9th of June 1958 Fido passed away, still waiting in vain for his friend to return from work. He was buried beside his master. Both La Domenica del Corriere and La Nazione dedicated their front pages to Fido and his heart-warming story of devotion.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Inizio delle miserie e dolori causati dal maltempo
La Domenica del Corriere
1 October 1911
Inizio delle miserie e dolori causati dal maltempo: Drammatico episodio di un nubifragio a Varese (Lombardia)
Start of miseries and pains caused by bad weather: Dramatic episode of a storm in Varese (Lombardy)
This is the complete opposite weather to what Italy, and most of Europe, is experiencing right now. With heat waves and temperatures well into the thirties, they are in the middle of a drought; while here in New Zealand it is raining heavily.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Il Natale di Roma
La Domenica del Corriere
2 May 1915
Il Natale di Roma: Il Natale di Roma allo stadio Nazionale: dinanzi al palco dei Sovrani, i fanciulli delle scuole formano la 'stella d'Italia'.
The Birthday of Rome: The Birthday of Rome at the National Stadium: the stage before the Sovereign, the school children form the 'Star of Italy'.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Esercitazione militare nei pressi di Pisa
La Domenica del Corriere
3 August 1913
Esercitazione militare nei pressi di Pisa: I figli dei Sovrani assistono ad una manovra di sbarco e di conquista contro un supposto nemico della spiaggia del Gombo (Pisa)
Military Exercise Near Pisa: The sons of sovereigns assist in the maneuver of landing and conquest against a supposed enemy of the beach of Gombo (Pisa)
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Un ospite inusuale e inaspettato
La Domenica del Corriere
10 March 1929
Un ospite inusuale e inaspettato: Una visita inopinata. A Paderno (Udine), il guidatore di un'automobile, per evitare un carretto, sterzava violentemente, lanciando così la macchina contro un muro, che si sfondava. E' facile immaginare il terrore di una famiglia di contadini, che era seduta dietro il muro, quando questo crollava. Per fortuna, vi sono stati soltanto alcuni feriti leggeri.
(An Unusual and Unexpected Guest: An unexpected visit. In Paderno (Udine), the driver of a car, swerved violently to avoid a cart, thereby launching his car into a wall, which is smashed. It is easy to imagine the terror of a peasant family, who was sitting behind the wall when it collapsed. Fortunately, there were only a few slightly wounded.)
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Milano: Inaugurazione dei musei artistico ed archeologico: gl'invati nella Corte Ducale
La Domenica del Corriere 27 May 1900
Milano: Inaugurazione dei musei artistico ed archeologico: gl'invati nella Corte Ducale
Milan: Inauguration of art and archaeological museums: those invited to the Ducal Court
Monday, June 4, 2012
Rottura dell'acquedotto a Venezia
La Domenica del Corriere
30 July 1911
Rottura dell'acquedotto a Venezia: La gente accore a provvedersi d'acqua importata ai pozzi ed alle fontanelle.
Rupture of the acqueduct in Venice: People come to provide themselves with water imported to the wells and fountains.
Monday, May 28, 2012
L'esposizione internazionale fotografica a Torino
La Domenica del Corriere
4 March 1900
L'esposizione internazionale fotografica a Torino: La visita dei duchi d'Aosta: The International Photographic Exhibition in Turin: The Visit of the Duke of Aosta
Thursday, May 24, 2012
La fuga di una leonessa
La Domenica del Corriere
19 July 1914
La fuga di una leonessa: Leonessa che fugge dalla gabbia aperta in alto durante una rappresentazione, in Borgogna, e spaventa un intero paese.
The Escape of a Lioness: Lioness escapes from the cage, open at the top, during a performance in Burgundy, scaring a whole country.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Terremoto a Livorno
La Domenica del Corriere, 25 January 1914
Terremoto a Livorno (Earthquake in Livorno)
Scosse di terremoto a Livorno: la popolazione fuggita all'alba dalle case si riscalda ai falò accesi nelle piazze e nelle vie.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Al Pantheon pei funerali di Vittorio Emanuele a Roma
Al Pantheon pei funerali di Vittorio Emanuele a Roma
La Domenica del Corriere, 22 January 1899
Thursday, April 26, 2012
La nevicata della settimana scorso, a Milano
La nevicata della settimana scorso, a Milano
(The snowfall last week, in Milan)
La Domenica del Corriere front page, 11 February 1900
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