Wednesday, October 17, 2012

More Street Sign People

I found the street sign for my street with the info on the guy! Turns out Antonio was a patriot.

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My cross street guy was a pathologist.

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And it turns out that my office street guy was a Garibaldi and unification supporter.

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Maybe I will find some more cool guys on the street signs...

2 comments:

  1. ObFeminist: I hope you find some cool ladies on street signs as well! Do they mostly seem to be pre-20th century, or are modern personages represented as well? (I don't know what the rate of new building/street renaming is in Milan, prob. pretty low...)

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    1. The most recent people I can remember seeing passed away in the 50's, which corresponds with the post-WWII building boom. (The city was hit pretty hard.) Still, I haven't seen many streets named for women even from that era. In fact, the only one I can remember is Viale Regina Margherita... Thanks for pointing this out! I'll be looking for streets named for women!

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