Molino Stucky - a mill since 1833. The mill worked until 1955. The monster in imperial (neo-gothic) style we see now was constructed towards the end of the 19th century. In 2003 during reconstruction occured a ruinous fire. Now the reconstruction works ar almost completed and soon the Mulino Stucky should reopen as a Grand Hotel of the Hilton chain. (See also the picture in the previous post)
Last sun rays on the island of Burano
Sunday morning at the entrance of San Marco cathedral
I just returned this evening from Venice where I did a great deal of walking
Here the F(ace)D(etection)-gimmick of the S6500 detected one face. Maybe it works on mooncalves too (LOL).
It's a couple of days now that I'm shooting with a new digicam. The new Fuji S6500 should be an upgrade to the S5600. Image quality seems OK. The picture above should sum up the improvement of the new cam over the old one (left crop: old cam - right crop: new cam).
Excursion in the "natural area" of the Aurino river (Pusteria Valley)
Sabiona: this is one of the very important historical sites in the Tyrolean territory. It was the first seat of the local bishopric (Sabiensis episcopus) from about AD 500. About AD 1000 the bishop moved his seat to Brixen/Bressanone.
At the foot of Sabiona there is a very small town, Klausen/Chiusa. Here I had an excellent beer (local brew).
Padova has one of the oldest universities in the world - I don't remember now the exact year of its foundation, maybe it's about 800 years old (go to Google to verify).
In Vahrn (671 m a.s.l., about 3000 inhabitants) you can see some older buildings, not yet sacrificed to the general replacement that since the 1970thies changed greatly the appearance of villages in this region.
dated 1565 (see below)
Ahhh, blackberries (before being eaten)!
You enter this little valley from Vahrn (near Brixen), it's very narrow and steep, the highest peaks reach about 2500 m asl.
This hamlet (about 1200 m a.s.l.) lies between the Adige Valley and Val di Non
house, barn and garden (fenced)
