Postcards from Modena, Italy

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Modena is a little charming town in the middle of Italy. Known as the birthplace of Worlds famous Ferrari car.

We spent a few days in vicinity of Modena (during our recent trip to Italy), enjoyed a colorful facades of houses, narrow streets, a lot of prosciutto and of course great Italian coffee.

Back at the time - I was tired of photography and made just a few random shots here:

Colored residential buildings and window shutters in Modena

Colored residential buildings and window shutters in Modena

An ancient town, and seat of an archbishop, it is now known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are, or were, located here and all, except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby. One of Ferrari's cars, the 360 Modena, was named after the town itself.

Proscutto

Prosciutto 

Modena has a rich and diversified cuisine, often including meats, hams and salamis.

Narrow cobbled streets of Modena

Narrow cobbled streets of Modena

Architecture in Modena

Piazze Grande square in Modena

Piazza Grande square in Modena

 

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