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Officine Galileo, Strumenti astronomici — advertising sheet printed in blue. Scan from a period original, Stefano Vigolo collection. A telescope inside its dome, printed…
August 2026Woodcut signed and dated in the block «G. MAININI — 1941-XIX». Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. Bombers coming down through columns of smoke,…
August 2026Woodcut signed and dated in the block «1929 SERVOLINI». Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. The bow of a moored boat, seen from close…
August 2026Piaggio advertisement, woodcut of the same 1939 series. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A winged figure draws a bow; below it fly four-engined…
August 2026Ilva advertisement, woodcut signed D. Fontana, 1939. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A steelworks advertisement cut into wood: above the plant, a worker…
August 2026«Ansia», woodcut by Attilio Giuliani, 1935. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A storm at night on an Italian shore, cut into a woodblock:…
August 2026Kiribati's only UNESCO site — the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (408,000 km² of pristine Pacific ocean, inscribed 2010) — lies 1,800 km from capital…
August 2026The Marshall Islands' only UNESCO site — Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site (2010) — lies 850 km from Majuro; 23 nuclear tests were conducted…
August 2026Palikir shares Pohnpei island with Nan Madol — a UNESCO-inscribed (2016) city of 92 basalt islets built in a tidal lagoon by the Saudeleur…
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