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Little Italy, Montreal, Canada | | Date: Summer 2009 | | Notes: on rue Jean-Talon, close to the out-door market. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Canada | | Date: Summer 2009 | | Notes: on rue Jean-Talon. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Canada | | Date: Summer 2009 | | Notes: on rue Jean-Talon. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec | | Date: Current | Notes: Prior to 1970, Jean-Talon St. and St. Hubert St. belonged to native-born French-Canadians and Italians. Nowadays, the area has an international flavour -- you'll find shops run by recent arrivals from Latin America, East Asia, and Africa. Of course, North American culture dominates. The pumpkin-head, dressed up for Halloween, an all-American festivity, is a testament to this obvious fact.
Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec | | Date: Current | Notes: Here is Carlo Balboni's tribute to Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), the most famous Italian poet of all time and one of the most important figures in European literature. The bust can be found in Dante Park which is right next to the Church of la Madonna della Difesa.Carlo Balboni presented this bust to the Italian community in 1921.
Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Canada | | Date: Summer 2009 | | Notes: Statue loocated in Dante Park. Plaque reads: L'OEUVRE "Cette oeuvre fut realiseee pour souligner le xieme centenaire de la mort de Durante Alighieri, dit Dante, grand poete italien xu XIII siecle, auteur dlune des oeuvres les pluss illustres de la litterature europeene. La Divine Comedie, premiere oeuvre redigee en langue italienne populaire. Ce buste, inspire d'une oeuvre plus ancienne conservee au musee de Naples, represente le personnage a mi-corps, vetu a l'antique, le livre de la Divine Comedie entre les mains. Le buste repose sure un colonne sculptee dont les cotes sont flanques de deux colonnettes servant chacune de support a quatre livres. Sur la face avant du soocie, une lngue branche de laurier rappelle la renommee du grand poete...." L'ARTISTE: CARLO BALBONI (1860-1947) D'originie intalienne, Carlo Blboni s'installe a Montreal au debut des annees 1900. Son activite artistique demeure tres limitee et se resume a quelques bustes. "Ayant preque durant tout son sejour ice (Montreal) travaille pour la mison T. Carli a execute des statues religiouses... suivant le desir du client religiux.. nos savons que si ce petit sculpteur avait le talent pour faire de belles choses, ses elans artistiques furent tout de suite etouffes par la necessite de gagne sa vie." Extrait de Les Artistes de mon temps d'Alfred Laliberte. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Canada | | Date: Summer 2009 | | Notes: Dante Park. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | Date: Current | | Notes: Dante Park in the winter. Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec | | Date: Current | | Notes: Dante Park.... Montreal's Little Italy can be quite pretty in the winter -- especially a day or two after a big snow storm. Everything looks clean, and if the temperature is not too cold, then everyone's in a good mood. Photo: Mary Melfi. | Contributed by: Mary Melfi
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Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec | | Date: Built in the 1930s | Notes: In the 1950s the Cinema Chateau on St. Denis Street used to show Italian films, drawing hundreds of young men and women, many of whom met their partners here. The building, done in the Art Deco style, is now rather run down and used for various purposes. As popular Italian films are now shown in all the major movie theaters in the city, Italians no longer need this building.
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