Writing on the Wall

The old adage says something about "if only the walls could talk!" Well here in Italy there are time when they seem to. Here's a few random pictures I took around Pesaro this weekend to prove the point.

One of the younger citizens obviously wanted to make me feel welcome so they adorned this wall with my name! Okay they spelt it with only one B but I still think it was a nice gesture.

"We respect the past, live in the present and anticipate the future."

The slogan for a company renovating one of the old villas in the historic centre of town near the Sforza Fortress.

"Pure breeds are pretty but mongrels are better."

A great poster for a dog show for Heinz 57s only - none of those snotty show dogs allowed.

This note to "Alice" was written on the side wall of the Teatro Rossini. At first Laurent and I had a good laugh - it seemed like an elaborate farewell note to an unrequited love. However when we read it more closely it almost sounded like a suicide note. I wish my Italian were good enough to grasp the subtleties. Odd to say the least and ultimately unsettling.

And on a similarly somber note this memorial is to the people from Pesaro - some of them children - who died in the war of Liberation at the end of the World War II. The north of Italy was a hot bed of anti-fascism and under Il Duce dissidence was dealt with harshly. Mass hangings were a common sight in the waning days of the Regime.

26 agosto - San Allesandro