Analysis and Cemeteries and Genealogy and General History and Medias and Old English and Places and Sources
British, Burials, Cemetery, English, Non-Catholic, Old English Cemetery, Protestants Matteo Giunti
10:59 am
While exploring the collections of the British Museum for items related to Livorno I stumbled upon a series of drawings by Alexander Cozens from 1746 depicting the port and fortifications of Livorno from the extraordinary viewpoint of the lighthouse. In particular I searched for the South view, hoping to see some detail of the Old English Cemetery, and there it was, even though the official description of the image doesn’t mention this fundamental “detail”:
“Drawing from an album, view of the fortifications to the south of Porto Mediceo in Leghorn (Livorno) seen from the lighthouse; left, fortezza di Porta Murata, the separating Fosso Reale and to the right the lazaretto of San Rocco; plain with scattered houses and mountains beyond. Pen and black ink, with watercolour“
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Burials, Cemetery, English, new south wales australia, Non-Catholic, Protestants, thomas holt, travel, vacation, world heritage site Matteo Giunti
7:17 pm
If you happen to visit the city of Pisa by bus, chances are that your bus parks at the large bus parking area on Via Pietrasantina, a few hundred yards away from the world heritage site of Piazza dei Miracoli, where thousands of tourists visit the leaning tower everyday.
In this case, unfortunately, you might also happen to walk down Via Pietrasantina to reach the famous square, risking at the same time your life and (more…)
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arts, British, Burials, Cemetery, Huguenots, Images, Merchants, Non-Catholic, Old English Cemetery, portraits, Protestants, symbolism Matteo Giunti
5:40 pm
A whole new section has just been added to the blog’s page about the Old English Cemetery of Livorno:
♦ The Old English Cemetery in Images ♦
The new page consists, for now, of a few sub-sections rich of images related to the cemetery:
I plan to add more pictures and themed-sections in the next future. Enjoy!
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Analysis and Biography and Cemeteries and General History and Medias and Old English and Sources
Battle of Leghorn, British, Burials, Cemetery, English, English Consul, Mediterranean Sea, Naval Officers, Non-Catholic, Old English Cemetery, Sources Matteo Giunti
1:08 am
The Battle of Leghorn: Overview
The battle took place on 14 March 1653 (4 March 1652 Old Style), during the First Anglo-Dutch War, in the waters off Livorno. It was a victory of a Dutch fleet under Commodore Johan van Galen over an English squadron under Captain Henry Appleton. Afterward an English fleet under Captain Richard Badiley, which Appleton had been trying to reach, approached but was outnumbered and fled. Appleton’s squadron comprised two warships: the Bonaventure (44 guns) and Leopard (48), and four armed merchantmen: the Sampson (40), the Mary (30), the Peregrine (30) and the Levant Merchant (30). (more…)
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Articles and Cemeteries and Medias and Old English and Places and Sources
Burials, Cemetery, English, Huguenots, Merchants, Non-Catholic, Old English Cemetery, Pictures, Protestants, Sources, Tobias Smollett Matteo Giunti
7:51 pm
The Times online archive (1785-1985) is an amazing source of information with full-text search. I tried to find some interesting citation about the Old English Cemetery of Livorno and came up with the following “enlightening” articles:
Friday, April 18, 1879 (more…)
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…an afternoon at the Old English Cemetery of Livorno: impressions, suggestions, contrasts…
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