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which was when i then learnt “separati in casa” estranged in the same house not intergrated with the rest of the national railway constitutied seprately in 1933 and brought together a number of local lines which have never been natinalised and were 100% publicly but locally owned never intergated with the ferrovie dello stato it’s not advertised even in the main stations it runs from trenitalia can coonect you to a foriehg riaway, and yet cannot go to another state run line otranto and gallipoli no tied connections thre is very little sense of organisation
but thes tations were beautiful pietra leccese as the city’s churchescharming and not like treitalia stations
In Verona, too, Juliet’s tomb hasbeen transformed into a marriage registry office. Why anyone would want to marry in a place of such ill omen in beyond me, but my son did. His reasoning was that if one isn’t going to marry in church, at least a fine medieval building adds a touch of solemnity.He wasn’t marrying in churchbecause his beautiful bride was Muslim; not a marauding Turk, but of the same religion. I took comfort from the fact it isn’t really Juliet’s tomb, of couerse; the designatio is merest leend with crass commercial intent. BUt hte castle of Otranto really is the Castle of Otranto, a once serious military structure is now important only insofar as it compeltes a pcitureque seaside panorama and has space ot accommodate a vaiety of public services. modern italian genius is largely about inhabiting th epast in a wya that make sens and money. whole university degrees are dedicated to the subject. on the website of ferrovie sud est i had noticed that they offered day trip from bari to visit historical sites in the countryside, travellingin hisotrical rail carriages. packing itself as the past to survivein the future
Do we make decisions about tranportion on th basis of what is most comfortable for each individual now or can we plan for what is collectively most efficient and sustainable, even if not always iand in eahc moment the most desireable lcearly le ferrovie del sud est