#colonna

Duchy of Marsi: Marsi again became the seat of a noble family in the fifteenth century, this time for the Italian noble family of Colonna who had already supplied Pope Martin V in 1417-1431.

Inside:  abandoned mining village ‘Colonna’ (2.425 m asl, the highest iron mine in Europe).  Cogne Valley, Italy. 

The first historical information of the magnetite deposits exploitation dates back to 1432. In 1910, construction began on the mining village of Colonna, which once housed around 400 workers and was a state-of-the-art art facility with a church, cinema, canteen and even one of the first X-ray machines in the infirmary.

The Loneliness of Poets…

"Colonna"

Jacques Fath Haute Couture Collection Fall/Winter 1954-55 Stella Marais wears “Colonna”, a black sheath dress with an ermine-trimmed collar. Photo Willy Maywald.

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