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Julius Jacob von Haynau known as "The Hyena of Brescia".
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
On this day, November 21, 1916, Emperor Franz Joseph I died...to the happiness of the Venetian people.
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
‘Is it time to go sir?’
‘It is son.’
‘But who will miss me sir?’
‘You will be missed dearly son.’
‘My mother sir, will she miss me?’
‘Yes, she will son.’
‘My father sir, will he miss me?’
‘Yes, he will son.’
‘My darling Irene, my little Rosie, will she ever know me?’
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"It's all right, Cowling! We got them stone cold!"
2nd Lieutenant John "Jack" Scott Youll (6/6/1897- 27/10/1918)....the only recipient of VC on the Italian front .
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"TERRE DEL MOSCA" produced by Tenuta San Basilio. I must say that the Euganean Hills can offer some excellent surprises.
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The white wine is coming along well. To be honest, I'd call it a "semi-orange wine" because the must macerated on the skins for two days, thus extracting some color.
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's already been a week since you left forever.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
He's fading like a candle. When that day comes, these few words from Lord Byron will come to mind:
But the poor Dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Lieutenant Colonel Amedeo Guillet, commander of the "Amhara" Squadron Group, known as "Cummandar As Shaitan" (Commander "Devil")...the bête noire of the British Army in East Africa.
September 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And this second step has been done.
September 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
After a long day of harvesting, I think I deserved this half cigar and a glass of Grappa Poli "Riserva di famiglia" distilled 25 years ago
September 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Racking and pressing of the pomace in progress.
August 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The grape harvest has begun.
August 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Homemade grappa before going to bed.
August 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This bad news make me deeply sad. I enjoyed reading his posts on all his social media. He was a decent man for his kindness, humanity, and sense of duty to society.
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Ausdie mode, suffering face and pain in both legs
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How to spoil the dog
July 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Magnaboschi British Cemetery....The lads rest under the blue Italian sky, caressed by a gentle breeze.
June 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BLACK SMOKE ON THE HORIZON".
On 10 June 1918, Lieutenant Commander Luigi Rizzo (nicknamed "The Sinker") aboard his mas 15, followed by mas 21, sank the Austrian battleship SMS Szent Istvan off the island of Premuda.
June 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On this day, 24 May 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Ace Josef Kiss was shot down by the Canadian Ace Gerald Birks in the skies over Lamon.
May 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ginseng coffee and Nostrano del Brenta Casanova. This half cigar is a little "aggressive" in comparison to those that I usually smoke but its ash of light gray pearly indicates good quality tobacco.
May 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On 24th May 1915, at 22.40. the Finanziere Pietro Dall'Acqua and the Finanziere Costantino Carta shot at Austrian Engineers who were trying to blow up the bridge over the Judrio river at Brazzano. They were the first shots fired on the Italian front.
May 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Going out for a walk is tiring
May 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Kora in a watchful position during a coffee at the bar.
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Men of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade pause for a moment's rest after the Battle of Hill 875. American troops went to the top of Hill 875 after some of the most vicious fighting of the Vietnam War. Dak To, South Vietnam. November 23, 1967 (Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)
May 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM