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VALLE D'AOSTA and TUSCANY
2003-2005

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Italian Branch Line Roofs Valle d'Aosta Torre Sant' Orso Carving - Aosta CentreMorgex Autostrada Barga sky Old Barga Amazing bridge Village at sea Pisa - a miracle Lucca - San Michele Lucca - Torre Guinigi
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La Salle station Valle d'Aosta
Clean, punctual and cheap - trains are very useful for walkers to get around Valle d'Aosta
Typical stone slab roof - Valle d'Aosta
Heavy stone roof tiles - blend into Aosta landscape
Torre Sant' Orso - Aosta
Aosta - Torre Sant' Orso built 1150. The square blocks at the base are recycled from Roman walls
wood carving Aosta - Piazza Emile Chanoux
Aosta - street art in Piazza Emile Chanoux
Motorway bridge Morgex-Pre St Didier
Between Morgex and Pré St Didier twin spans carry the Monte Bianco autostrada
Barga rampart - two trees
Trees in the cathdedral precinct pierce the skyline of the old hill top city of Barga
Old quarter Barga
A verdant valley before the walled city of Barga
Ponte della Maddelena Borgo a Mezzano
Ponte della Maddelena spans the Serchio river at Borgo a Mozzano
View from Borgo a Mezzano station
Shadows drift across the rolling Tuscan hills revealing villages like boats on a rough sea
Pisa - Piazza Dei Miracoli
Pisa - Piazza Dei Miracoli - the leaning tower has to be seen to be believed
S. Michele Lucca
Lucca - San Michele built 1070 - Dominant without the extra storey that was intended to go on top
Torre Guinigi
Not smoke billowing from a chimney in the evening sun but holm oaks growing on the roof of Torre Guinigi - Lucca
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