#taranto

[kropotkindersurprise]

September 24, 2025 - Direct action from the "No harbour for genocide" campaign uncovered uncovered that Italian fuel, likely jet fuel, was to be loaded on the vessel Seasalvia at the port of Taranto, Italy, at 21:30 the same day, in order to be shipped to Israel. Hours later, dockworkers, trade unions USB and COBAS, as well as Palestine solidarity activists in Taranto were at the port to block it and stop the shipment. [link]

[venomspecs]

On occasion of Women's day, the national museum of Taranto has opened a new exhibition centered on Penelope showcasing among other things the famous skyphos from Chiusi of Penelope weaving, as well as a recreation of the shroud in the loom!

[romegreeceart]

Worshipper, dressed in chiton and cloak, with a bunch of grapes in her hand

* Taranto

* 3rd century BCE

* Archaeological Museum of Taranto

Attribution:

Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

[michael-svetbird]

THE MAENAD: Small terracotta perfume container in the form of a Maenad, Possibly imported from Taranto, Discovered in Locri, Magna Graecia [modern Calabria, Ionian coast, Italy], Female tomb 934, C. 370-350 BC.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale Reggio Calabria | MANRC [Floor 1. "B"]

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MANRC | Michael Svetbird Phs©MSP | 03|01|26 6200X4100 600 [I.] The object photographed is a collection item of the MANRC [Non-commercial fair use | No AI | Author's rights apply | Sorry for the watermarks]

📸 Part of the "Small-Format Sculpture and Miniature Artifacts" MSP Online Photo-gallery:

👉 D-ART: https://www.deviantart.com/svetbird1234/gallery/69450077/small-format-sculpture-and-miniature-artifacts

👉 FB Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.859777984390780&type=3

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[frmarino]

Boys at the harbor. Taranto, Italy. 1950.

Photographer: Herbert List

[tomoleary]

Sergio Aragonés - Groo poster including Rufferto (his dog), The Sage (white beard and hair bun), The Minstrel, Chakaal (white-haired woman), Arba and Dakarba (witches behind The Sage) and Taranto (with the broken horn helmet). Not sure of the rest, except Aragones, of course, in an Alfred E. Neuman shirt (2019) Source

[supplyside]

The ILVA facility, owned by AccelorMittal in Taranto Italy is the largest steel plant in Europe

[ilcontephotography]

Torre Facilla, by Franco Wagner Facilla (1980-1983).

Taranto, Italy.

© Roberto Conte (2020)

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