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Urban metamorphosis: Via Manzoni gutted by Democratic pickaxe
This is the seventh entry in Fausto Bonoldi s column on how the street in the very centre of Varese has changed.
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Metamorfosi urbana, settima tappa: Via Manzoni 4 di 10
Every Monday, on a virtual walk, the column âUrban metamorphosisâ talks about the transformations that the town of
Varese has undergone in the last one hundred years, that is, since it became the Capital of the Province. The column is written by
Fausto Bonoldi, a historic figure in Varese journalism who has covered this topic for years in the Facebook group
La Varese Nascosta (âThe Hidden Vareseâ) and who has also written a book, published by Macchione, entitled â
published in 1914, already recommended travelling to Varese on the
Porto Ceresio railway,
which, in 1905,
had been taken over by the Ferrovia dello Stato (FS – State Railway company). The line was intended to be âchosen by the Ferrovia Nord railway company,
because the equipment (trains etc.)
was more comfortable and fasterâ, thanks to electrical power.
Gone was the smoking steam locomotive that blew ash and soot onto the spotless dresses of the Milanese ladies;
the people went to Central Station, outside the gate of Porta Venezia (now Piazza Repubblica) and looked for the platform for Varese, without getting too close to the panting black locomotives. And the number of journeys from Milan to the foothills of Varese (twenty trains a day, and more!) made the ride comfortable even for short stays.
2021-04-06T15:00:00
ITALY: Work has started on a long-planned extension of Cagliari’s 950 mm gauge tramway to link the existing terminus at Piazza Repubblica with the main railway station.
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