Merely checking to see how this picasa->lighbox plugin works….BTW, this photo was taken very early one morning back in 2005 in the neighborhood of Once.
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September 17th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Nice picture, interesting to a big city so empty
November 15th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Greetings,
I am writing to ask you for a special favour. I came across your website while researching Italian opera singers who went to Argentina in the 19th century.
Although my husband and I live in Montreal, Canada, his ancestors are from Italy. According to family lore his great grandfather was an opera singer (tenor) in Bologna, who did a tournee in Argentina and/or other parts of South America. I am wondering if you have come across either of these names: Antonio Franchini,born in Modena, Emilia Romagna or his wife Palmira Franchini, from Polinago (same region).
Their sons were born at the end of the 1880s, so I estimate that Franchini could have visited your country any time from the mid-1800 to the early 1900s.
Evelyn
November 16th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Hi Evelyn,
Off-hand, I don’t know the names but I would need to examine the research articles I have on that topic to be sure.
November 16th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Thank you, Jeff, for anything you might happen to find out!
Evelyn in Montreal