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Italy: Signs of the Times

Staying posted

By: Charles Giuliano - 12/05/2007

This giant banner on the Grand Canal in Venice covers a scaffold during renovation.

This giant banner on the Grand Canal in Venice covers a scaffold during renovation.

An homage to Andy Warhol appeared in a shop window in Venice.

An homage to Andy Warhol appeared in a shop window in Venice.

Aqua Calda is about Hot Water more or less.

Aqua Calda is about Hot Water more or less.

Coke Classic.

Coke Classic.

Some of the things not to do in Venice. Seriously, no swimming in the canals.

Some of the things not to do in Venice. Seriously, no swimming in the canals.

No Grazie or No Thanks. For what?

No Grazie or No Thanks. For what?

The ever popular Lenin. And Stalin.

The ever popular Lenin. And Stalin.

In Bologna near the university Free the Anarchists.

In Bologna near the university Free the Anarchists.

At the University of Bologna.

At the University of Bologna.

A detail at the University.

A detail at the University.

Posters pasted onto posters.

Posters pasted onto posters.

Rembering Che a martyr of revolution.

Rembering Che a martyr of revolution.

A Gender Bender.

A Gender Bender.

Lets hear it for Mussolini.

Lets hear it for Mussolini.

An Italian version of Victoria's Secret.

An Italian version of Victoria's Secret.

Advertising plastered to the walls of buildings reveals something of the unique character of a nation and its people. Here is a selection of those images.

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