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Welcome.
A Web photo-gallery by Lanera.com highlighting historical and contemporary photographs of Valenzano, Italy, with some historical notes. The photographs are shown as a series of thumbnail pictures. Click on the figure to view a larger picture and obtain more information. |
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Valenzano is a town 6 miles south of Bari,
in south-eastern Italy.
The page Valzane at this site presents an historical outline of the town. |
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Angle view of and Bell Tower in 1933.
The church is also known as St. Anthony Church, and is referred to as such in these pages. |
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Front view of St. Mary of Luca Church (St. Anthony Church) and Bell Tower in 1933. |
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Panoramic view of St. Anthony Square in 1933, looking toward
Casamassima St. |
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Crowd watching fireworks for St. Rocco feast in Marconi square, 1960. This "opening".
is now the location of a park and the new City Hall. |
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Monastery of St. Mary of Loreto Church in 1933.
The structure has been demolished since, except for a few groundfloor
rooms and the church itself. |
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Closer view of the monastery and courtyard in 1933.
Built as a monastery in 1606, it was turned over to the government in 1866. |
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The Monastery of St. Mary of Loreto in 1936 during a snowfall.
The monastery hosted city hall and grade schooling during this period.
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Monastery converted to city hall as seen from Muraglia Street around 1950.
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Monastery/City Hall about 1950.
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City Hall on the front with St. Mary of Loreto Church on the right
around the corner, circa 1950.
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View of the old town from the Bell Tower of
St. Anthony Church in 1933.
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Castle tower in the old town in 1933.
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Plebiscito Square looking toward Bari in 1933.
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Plebiscito Square looking toward St. Anthony Church in 1933.
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Plebiscito Square looking toward St. Anthony Church in 1933.
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Piave St. looking toward Bari from Plebiscito Sq. in 1933
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Piave Street in 1933.
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Inside the Monastery/City Hall in 1950.
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Stazione Street in 1933.
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Roma Street (Stazione Street) circa 1960.
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Bari Street in 1933.
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Bari Street circa 1960.
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Night picture of St. Anthony Church in 1970.
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St. Rocco Church in 1960.
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View of the town looking toward Bari in 1933.
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Mercato Square around 1960.
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Allsaints Church in 1933.
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Allsaints Church around 1960.
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Front of Allaints Church in 1970.
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Inside Allsaints Church in 1970.
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Special setting of St. Rocco altar (1950) for the celebrations of the town's patron saint,
August 15, 16, and 17 every year.
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Celebrating St. Rocco, the town patron saint, in 1880.
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