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......The official birth date of Modern Ostia was 25 November 1884, a park in Ostia is dedicated to the day when a
large group (500 men and 50 women) of farm labourers of the "Associazione Generale Operai Braccianti" (General Association of Agricultural Workers) arrived from Ravenna.
They were responsible for the drainage of the territories around Ostia which had become marshland
following the great flood of 1557.
......Life and working conditions were very hard and many workers died after contracting Malaria.
......Thanks also to the great enthusiasm of personalities like Federico Bazzini (who opened the first "restaurant"),
and Armando Armuzzi (a square in Ostia is dedicated to him), the drainage duly proceeded, being successfully completed after more than twenty years of works. |
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Photos of postcards taken from the album:
"OSTIA, attraverso le cartoline d'epoca".
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This page last update, 13 December 2004
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old POSTCARDS OF MODERN OSTIA
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A peasant hut.
End of 1800s.
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Anco Marzio square.
1929.
Ostia was founded by Anco Marzio, Fourth king of
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STIMA (Stabilimento Italiano Macchine Agricole),
a factory producing agricultural machinery.
1929.
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Aerial view
1922.
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Fishermen on the beach.
1932.
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Promenade Cristoforo Colombo,
during an international car show.
1932.
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The railway station and the main
church of "Regina Pacis".
1935.
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View of the:
Railway station,
Regina Pacis,
and the Governor's Building
1940.
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The "Stabilimento Roma" (seaside complex)
destroyed by the german army in 1943.
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The "Stabilimento Roma"
and part of the promenade
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