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An inscription on a cast iron pillar I photographed in Milan Central Station using both the Roman and the Fascist calendars. You need to keep your eyes peeled to read it nowadays, through the accumulated layers of paint:

Officine Aurora
ing. Della Carlina

1930 Milano VIII

This one wasn't bad either!

And in between...

Reminds me of this

The corresponding mainline station, shortly before demolition in 1958-1959

And on German politics, too, with his recent support for the extreme right-wing party AfD. Strong statement from Vice Chancellor Habeck published in Spiegel tomorrow: "Hands off our democracy, Mr Musk".

Purtroppo non può tornare a casa - l'officina di Auguste Bartholdi nella rue de Chazelles a Parigi, dove fu costruita, non esiste più.

The Telegraph is not normally a paper I approve of (cf my previous remarks about Anne-Elisabeth Moutet), but this one isn't bad:

True. Not only is Germany's electricity dirty, it is also amongst the most expensive in Europe. And the brown coal mines are disfiguring the landscape and eating up entire villages in their path.