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photographs by Piero Orlandi

Piero Orlandi's aerial shots are never obvious and never give the impression of mere illustration, they search among the folds and lay bare an unsuspected reality, always giving us, as a painter would, a personal interpretation of the subject without ever descending to the level of documentation.

The photographs shown here are a selection from the 180,000 in the archive.

The photographs

Fortress castle, entrance to the Aosta Valley, Dora Baltea river — Bard, Aosta Valley

Tourist centre, Casino — Saint Vincent, Aosta Valley

Lake Maggiore, Alpine range — Pallanza, Piedmont

Church of San Gaudenzio, Antonelli's bell tower — Novara, Piedmont

Seminary, Lake Orta — Isola di San Giulio, Piedmont

Isola Bella, Isola dei Pescatori, marble quarries — Baveno, Piedmont

Panorama, Castle, Cathedral — Ivrea, Piedmont

Piazza della Vittoria, Cathedral, Broletto — Lodi, Lombardy

Punta di Bellagio, Lake Como — Bellagio, Lombardy

Lake Como, harbour — Lecco, Lombardy

Arco della Pace, Piazza Sempione, Porta Sempione — Milan, Lombardy

Villa Reale, Public Gardens — Milan, Lombardy

Castello di San Giorgio, Palazzo Ducale, Piazza Castello — Mantua, Lombardy

Città Alta, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Historic Centre — Bergamo, Lombardy

Orobic Prealps — Laghi Gemelli, Lombardy

Villa Gallarati Scotti, park, Brianza — Oreno, Lombardy

San Marco, Palazzo Ducale and Basilica, St. Mark's Basin, Museo Correr — Venice, Veneto

Historic centre, Basilica — Vicenza, Veneto

Villa Gradenigo, now Michiel Bianchi, Park, Vineyards, Hills and plain of Vicenza — Bassano del Grappa, Veneto

Medieval village, elliptical plan, walls — Citadel, Veneto

Palladio's La Rotonda — Vicenza, Veneto

Villa Manin, cultivated fields — Passariano, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Fortress town, nine-sided polygonal plan — Palmanova, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Grado Lagoon, I. della Schiusa — Grado, Friuli Venezia Giulia

Gulf of Tigullio, beaches, harbour, Riviera di Levante — Santa Margherita Ligure, Liguria

Medieval village with a spiral plan, elliptical — Nicola, Liguria

Old Port, ponte Andrea Doria, ponte dei Mille, maritime station, ships — Genoa, Liguria

Porto Maurizio, old town — Imperia, Liguria

Beach — Cervo, Liguria

Tower, harbour — Isola Gallinara, Liguria

Riviera di Levante — San Fruttuoso, Liguria

Bay of Fables, Gulf of Ponente, harbour — Sestri Levante, Liguria

Cinque Terre, Lido di Fegina — Monte Rosso, Liguria

Cinque Terre, vineyards — Riomaggiore, Liguria

Calata Doria, fortifications, harbour — Portovenere, Liguria

Fishing village — Tellaro, Liguria

Historic centre, Torre degli Asinelli — Bologna, Emilia-Romagna

Piazza del Duomo, Cathedral, Baptistery — Parma, Emilia-Romagna

Panorama — Busseto, Emilia-Romagna

Piazza Verdi, Fortress, Monument to Giuseppe Verdi — Busseto, Emilia-Romagna

Terme Tommasini — Salsomaggiore Terme, Emilia-Romagna

Motor racing circuit, Emilian plain, Santerno river — Imola, Emilia-Romagna

Historic centre, Church of San Vitale, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia — Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna

Fishing with square lift nets, salt pans — Valli di Comacchio, Emilia-Romagna

Beach — Rimini, Emilia-Romagna

Church of Sant'Apollinare in Classe — Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna

Panorama — San Marino, Emilia-Romagna

Piazza dei Cavalli, Palazzo Comunale, the Gothic — Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna

Piazza della Signoria, Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio, Arno river — Florence, Tuscany

Piazza del Mercato, Roman Amphitheatre — Lucca, Tuscany

Rio Marina, harbour — Island of Elba, Tuscany

Lacona — Island of Elba, Tuscany

Piazza dei Miracoli, Leaning Tower, Camposanto, Baptistery, Cathedral — Pisa, Tuscany

Arno River, Ponte Vecchio, Ponte di Santa Trinità — Florence, Tuscany

Palazzo Pitti, Piazza de' Pitti, Giardino di Boboli, Forte Belvedere — Florence, Tuscany

Castello dell'Imperatore, Church. of Santa Maria delle Carceri, H. of San Francesco, Palazzo Pretorio — Prato, Tuscany

Galluzzo district, Certosa del Galluzzo — Florence, Tuscany

Lunigiana — Caprigliola, Tuscany

Fortezza Vecchia, Porto Mediceo — Livorno, Tuscany

Torre Meloria — Livorno, Tuscany

Campo dei Miracoli, Cathedral, Leaning Tower — Pisa, Tuscany

Church of San Francesco, Piazza Superiore di San Francesco — Assisi, Umbria

Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, Torre del Popolo, Temple of Minerva — Assisi, Umbria

Church of Sant'Angelo — Perugia, Umbria

Piazza IV Novembre, Fontana Maggiore, Cathedral, Palazzo dei Priori — Perugia, Umbria

Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo dei Consoli — Gubbio, Umbria

Piazza del Popolo, Cathedral — Todi, Umbria

Church of Santa Maria della Consolazione — Todi, Umbria

Cathedral, Piazza del Duomo — Orvieto, Umbria

St. Patrick's Well, Municipal Garden — Orvieto, Umbria

Piazza del Duomo, Teatro di Caio Melizzo, Cathedral — Spoleto, Umbria

Cathedral, Piazza del Duomo, Palazzo Comunale — Foligno, Umbria

Fortress — Narni, Umbria

Beach — Gabicce Mare, Marche

Old village, Fortress — Gradara, Marche

Piazza della Libertà, beach — Pesaro, Marche

Mole Vanvitelliana, Lazzaretto — Ancona, Marche

Sanctuary — Loreto, Marche

Palazzo Ducale, Cathedral — Urbino, Marche

Castle, Walls — Termoli, Molise

Castelli Romani, Papal Palace, Villa Barberini — Castelgandolfo, Lazio

Castelli Romani, Papal Palace, Villa Barberini, Lake Albano — Castelgandolfo, Lazio

Trevi Fountain, Palazzo Poli, via Stamperia — Rome, Lazio

Piazza Navona, Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone, Palazzo Braschi — Rome, Lazio

Medieval core, Gorge — Civita Castellana, Lazio

Panorama — Bomarzo, Lazio

Vignola's Palazzo Farnese, Park — Caprarola, Lazio

Panorama — Herculaneum excavations, Campania

Church of Santa Chiara, Certosa di San Martino, Corso Sant'Elmo, Via Roma, city centre — Naples, Campania

Castel Nuovo, Porto Beverello, Palazzo Reale di Maschio Angioino, Piazza del Municipio — Naples, Campania

Excavations, Temple of Apollo, Temple of Jupiter — Pompeii, Campania

Palazzo Reale, Piazza Carlo III, park, fountains — Caserta, Campania

Flavian Amphitheatre, Phlegraean area — Pozzuoli, Campania

Church of San Francesco di Paola, colonnade, Palazzo Reale, Piazza Plebiscito — Naples, Campania

Faraglioni — Capri, Campania

Grotta Castiglione — Capri, Campania

Panorama — Sorrento, Campania

Colle di San Biagio, Gulf of Policastro, harbour — Maratea Porto, Basilicata

Tavoliere, harbour — Bisceglie, Apulia

Old core, peninsula, castle — Vieste, Apulia

Central crater, north-east lateral crater, plumes of smoke — Mount Etna, Sicily

Harbour — Messina, Sicily

Rupe Atenea — Agrigento, Sicily

Isola dei Ciclopi, Riviera dei Ciclopi — Aci Trezza, Sicily

Greek Theatre — Taormina, Sicily

Panorama, cultivated fields — Lake Arancio, Sicily

Valley of the Temples, Temple of Juno — Agrigento, Sicily

Valley of the Temples, Temple of Concord — Agrigento, Sicily

Peloritani Mountains — Taormina, Sicily

Capo Sant'Andrea, Capo Taormina — Taormina, Sicily

Veneretta Mountains, Letoianni, Strait, Messina — Castelmola, Sicily

Strait of Messina, Capo Peloro, Pantano Piccolo — Messina, Sicily

Panorama — Cefalù, Sicily

Harbour, Historic Centre — Palermo, Sicily

Punta Battistone, Baia Sardina, Gulf of Arzachena, Gallura — Costa Smeralda, Sardinia

Capo Caccia, Coste Alte — Isola Foradada, Sardinia

Caprera Island, Santo Stefano Island, Isola del Porco — Archipelago, Sardinia

Cabras Lagoon, Mistras Lagoon, crops, Campidano — Cabras, Sardinia

Cathedral, Medieval historic centre — Sassari, Sardinia

Harbour, Tourist resorts, Costa Smeralda — Porto Cervo, Sardinia

Gallura — Tempio Pausania, Sardinia

Harbour, La Bianca, Gulf of Olbia — Olbia, Sardinia

San Pietro Island, harbour, salt pans — Carloforte, Sardinia

Torre Sulis, Historic Centre, Church of San Michele, harbour — Alghero, Sardinia

Cala dell'Inferno, Tramariglio, Coste Alte — Isola Foradada, Sardinia

Source

Bruno Balestrini’s thais.it site

This English text was translated with the help of artificial intelligence (Claude) from the Italian original, except where an English version already existed in the original archive. Read the Italian version.