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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I magnifici baffi di Ippolito Caffi. (Bust by Luigi Borro, Museo Civico, Belluno)

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Titian keeping a painterly eye on the nightlife of downtown Pieve di Cadore on a Wednesday night.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Under the keel nine fathom deep, From the land of mist and snow, The spirit slid: and it was he That made the ship to go. The sails at noon left off their tune, And the ship stood still also."

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Just a reminder that this is taking place tomorrow (Saturday), at Casa Matha in Ravenna, at 5:30pm. The event will be in Italian.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So this will be happening on 26 September in Ravenna. Hope to see everyone there!

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

External fresco on the church of San Rocco (Tesero, Val di Fiemme), reminding us of which activities are forbidden (nearly all) and which are permitted (hardly any) on the Sabbath.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sorry, can’t resist this view as it comes round again…

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Half an hour apart. San Valerio and the moon.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

888 posts, 99.9k followers (just a pity it's not 222 following…).

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

San Valerio and the moon - full this time. Cavalese.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Now also newly available as a paperback. My thanks to my son Alessandro for the cover-design (tweaked from the e-book version, also by him). www.amazon.com/dp/B0H8YN99R...

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

(Probably the first time I’ve ever made a post about football.)

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Bad things happen in the mountains: ex-voto paintings in the church of S. Maria Addolorata, Cavalese.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

A photo shoot in central London, temperature 36 degrees. A poor model was being asked to wear an autumnal outfit; her smile seemed a little strained…

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Perhaps there's a reason why Notting Hill reminds me a little of Burano...

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gustavo Modena was one of Italy's greatest actors in the 19th century, as well as a firm believer in the Italian nation. This statue in the Giardini Pubblici in Venice pays tribute to his constant desire to branch out in new directions.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Back-streets of Castello on a hot day in May.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A little touch of Sicily in Castello (eastern Venice).

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

So this Saturday Diego Saglia and I will be talking in Ravenna about Byron and Vampires (or 'Vampyres'). As the title specifies, 'from Lord Byron to Dracula - and beyond'. Which can take us all the way to Tom Holland and Essie Fox, among others...

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

View from the Lido market this morning.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I don’t know any city with a skyline to match this… #Edinburgh

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

First wisteria photo of the year…

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

A now lost monument in Rome, once in the Pigneto Sacchetti: the Tomb of 'Grillo' - a donkey so smart that it would do its own shopping. (You’ll see the carved effigy of the donkey on the pedestal.) Museum of Rome, Palazzo Braschi.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Museum with quite a nice view. Palazzo Braschi.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Grape-harvesting, 4th-century style. Santa Costanza, Rome.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Taking camouflage a little too far. Stone lion in the Public Gardens, Castello, Venice. (The full statue shows Minerva sitting side-saddle and apparently shouting 'Look, no hands!)

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This time from the Bridge of Sighs (imagine the word 'from' in italics).

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

This statue of 'Envy' (Public Gardens, Castello, Venice) is turning a suitable colour. It has a very brief cameo role in the film 'Don't Look Now'.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A Venetian sunset photo always works - and it's suited to the real purpose of this post, to draw attention to my recording of a passage from Shelley's poem 'Julian and Maddalo', which contains one of the most brilliant descriptions of Venice at dusk. Link for the recording in the 1st comment below.

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

No takers for the seats outside today for some reason...

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Gregory Dowling @gregorydowling.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

To make a change from boring old Venice...

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