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Poster:
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Icarusfree
(see this users gallery)
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Views:
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2221
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Date:
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Tue Sep 7, 2004
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Filesize:
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291.8k, 143.6k
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Dimensions:
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900 x 600
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Description:
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This monument is evidence of two 20th century conditions -- the notion that local is bad, and that new is insignificant. The Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele is one of Italy's most derided landmarks, but one of the least deserving of this scorn. Architecturally, locals compare it to a wedding cake, a Victorian typewriter, or even a set of dentures. Some think it looks out of place because its marble is too white and looks too new amid all the great ancient artifacts that surround it. These people fail to realize that this is what all of Rome once looked like, and that five-hundred years from now it will be seen as a cultural landmark and a national treasure, not just a colossal symbolic social Band-Aid on a fractured country. Perspective is a wonderful thing. It serves a dual function in that it is the home to Italy's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and military guards stand watch over its eternal flame.
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Keywords:
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Rome, Italy, Cityscape, Landmark
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Photo URL:
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http://www.bytegallery.com/data/3185/4webRomaPiazzaVenezia28-med.jpg
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| File name: |
webRomaPiazzaVenezia28.jpg |
File size: |
147014 bytes |
| File date: |
2004:09:07 17:35:41 |
Camera make: |
Canon |
| Camera model: |
Canon EOS 10D |
Date/Time: |
2004:06:03 15:13:44 |
| Resolution: |
900 x 600 |
Flash used: |
No |
| Focal length: |
28.0mm (35mm equivalent: 152mm) |
CCD width: |
6.64mm |
| Exposure time: |
2.500 s |
Aperture: |
f/10.0 |
| ISO equiv.: |
100 |
Metering Mode: |
matrix |
| Jpeg process: |
Baseline |
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