Italian stamp, poste Italia used and franked stamp,

Italian stamp, poste Italia used and franked stamp, Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2AT9E6K

File size:

25.8 MB (1.2 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

2832 x 3184 px | 24 x 27 cm | 9.4 x 10.6 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 July 2015

Location:

Italy

More information:

. An on-location image from Italy in 2015, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The principal point of reference is Italian stamp, poste Italia used and franked stamp, . Another layer of the scene includes cityscape history, conservation architecture, changing land use, built heritage, regional identity, historic townscape, historic frontage, period building, social history, changing streetscape, local history, historic context, adaptive reuse, and urban fabric. For contemporary context, adaptive reuse and historic townscape are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a piece of social history, the view leaves evidence of a particular stage in the life of the location within Italy. Other useful associations include place identity, archival record, heritage landmark, historical comparison, community identity, conservation interest, local character, and heritage asset. References to poste, Italian, Italia, franked, and stamp help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Italy helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is adaptive reuse and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment within the real-world context of Italy. The wider significance includes historic townscape and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity within the specific setting of Italy. Another strand within the photograph is redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character as part of the longer story of Italy. The image also provides a reference for energy retrofit and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at Italy.