A detail from the larger wedding photograph here:
www.flickr.com/photos/barbaresco/5242234452/

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On the back " Alle Signorine Giuseppina e Sara Albani, la piccola figlioccia Amaliuccia, Sei mese otto. Elena (Gaeta) 31-3-1912
Giuseppina and Sara were sisters to Attilio, father of Giulia Rosa

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Too bad this sailor has faded away. The photographer, Giovanni Morotti, seems to have been active from about 1855 to 1890. He was known for his photography of naval sites, mainly in construction. I imagine photographers were hired to document the building of ports and other public projects. On the back of his card he also identifies himself as a painter (pittore). My date of around 1880 is just a educated guess.
Below are links to other photographs by Morotti:
badigit.comune.bologna.it/bacer/567.htm
badigit.comune.bologna.it/bacer/707.htm
www.fondazionecarispezia.it/territorio_e_news/storie-il-c...
scoprirete.bibliotecheromagna.it/SebinaOpac/.do?idDoc=136...
archiviodistatotorino.beniculturali.it/work/dgdetl.php?id...

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Italian horse soldier. For the moment, no information as to date or place. Any suggestions?

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Pages saved from a military calendar. Photographs are pasted onto the pages, so it is more like an album.
In 1916, Italy declared war on Germany. The front in 1916 would have been Gorizia in the region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Fierce battles took place in the hills west of Gorizia between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Army. The town itself was seriously damaged and most of its inhabitants were evacuated by early 1916. The Italian Army conquered Gorizia during the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo in August 1916, with the front line moving to the eastern outskirts of the town. With the Battle of Caporetto in October and November 1917, when the Central Powers pushed the Italians back to the Piave River, the town came under Austro-Hungarian control again. The borders were not firmly set until 2007 under treaties of the European Union.

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